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...Reggae, Man--Upon learning that agents for comedian Steven Wright were upping the price to bring Wright to Harvard, Undergraduate Council members promptly said "no, thank you," and began to look elsewhere. One early choice for a replacement was reggae musician Ziggy Marley. Eugene S. Kim '92, chair of the council's social committee, said "it's something the council would definitely be proud...
...Undergraduate Council decided Friday to scrap plans for a concert by comedian Steven Wright after promoters asked for a higher price, which was more than the $12,000 the council had originally budgeted, council members said this weekend...
...council last year passed a resolution allowing the executive board to pay up to $35,000 for a concert. But since Wright is a comedian, and not a musical performer, the council did not want to spend the full amount on him, Kim said...
...Haven, Conn. Encouraged by the program's success (at week's end 480 of the school's 800 students were wearing the new outfits), members of the advisory council may make uniforms mandatory in September. "Some of the girls say I'm a nerd," said smiling fifth-grader LaDonna Wright, proudly wearing her jumper and blouse, "but I say, 'I'm a radical dudette...
...returns to Washington next week, he will be one of an unprecedented seven Senators -- the so-called Keating Five plus two others -- facing investigation by the Senate ethics committee. If the past session of Congress was a nightmare for the House of Representatives, with the resignations of Speaker Jim Wright and Majority Whip Tony Coelho and the launching of twelve other ethics investigations, this session promises to be even worse for the Senate...