Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late 1980s, a handful of student leaders from the Asian American Association, Hillel and other minority groups founded MSA as an umbrella minority organization with the goals of "intercultural understanding" and "progressive racial action." The idea was that all minority student groups would participate in MSA events and send a representative to MSA meetings...
...turnout or not, MSA is busily planning its first event of the year, a follow-up to last year's hugely successful affirmative action debate, which drew 1,500 students. So far, Professor Nathan Glazer has been confirmed for the event, scheduled for this Thursday...
...this year's chairs, Branch and Raman, say that they plan to build on the success of last year's affirmative action debate by facilitating dialogue among groups, while leaving political advocacy to the individual groups...
Even after the trial results are in, the College is unlikely to take any unilateral action on the issue...
...that date still has both parties sweating. Midterm elections can produce big shifts in the congressional balance of power, and in this case, even modest gains by either party could determine the fate of Bill Clinton's presidency. But if you really want to get in on the action (and we know, you've got better things to do), then check out the states. The immediate future of American politics will be decided there this year, and it's a future that looks bleak for Democrats...