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PUCC and its legacy of a progressive presidency was able to bring forth true leaders, people concerned with doing what is right, not just timidly organizing dances and advocating the few weak opinions that everyone on campus agrees to. And now, by smugly attacking progressive leadership, the council's new executives have made their offices meaningless. It doesn't matter if Stewart is president; a trained monkey could tell the administration we want cable...
Five days after the story broke, in a painful moment, the President shifted from a weak denial to a blustering one, demanding the nation listen to him this time (as if we had not been last week when he gave us a non-denial denial). The voice was stronger, but the tap-dance continued: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky." Define the ambiguous "sexual relations." Note the Ciceronian use of the perjorative as well as demonstrative pronoun, "that." He then left the room, taking no questions. We are told he won't do so until...
...ARCO Forum audience of about 150 students listened quietly, with only speckled episodes of weak applause, as Clinton listed his administration's accomplishments and a litany of goals for the country in his State of the Union Address last night...
...Castro regained enough equilibrium to reopen serious talks with the Vatican. Some speculate that he was more relaxed, more confident he would not be overthrown. Some say he was convinced that what the Pope had done to galvanize Poland's anticommunist crusade could not be replicated through the weak Cuban church. Some think he realized it was time to embrace the religious hunger in the nation and find ways to dampen discontent. But he was probably driven as much by practical concerns as Cuba begged for European investment to sustain its hard climb out of economic catastrophe. The more Castro...
...safe haven for insomniacs like me. I spotted a student slumped over in his study carol, emitting a rapidly escalating series of snores, a common sight in an all-night library. Then I saw the slogan printed on the back of his T-shirt: "Sleep Is For The Weak." Next time I'm up all night, I'm going to bring a camera. Dara Horn's column will resume next semester...