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...door was open. Some went in to sleep, some to look at the newly renovated office. I looked through some files," said Daniel Weintraub, the only alumnus among the eight intruders. He claimed that he and the seven students who entered the office caused no damage to Brandeis property...
...Cornell alumnus has left approximately $15 million to his alma mater, the largest bequest in the university's history and one of the largest ever donated to an American institution of learning...
...focus and drew him toward decisions. But in two years as chief of staff, Donald Regan has kept most of such controversy away from the President. Regan generally mediates the battles and presents the President with sanitized position papers that give little hint of the cacophony outside. Says one alumnus of the White House staff: "Regan sits through two-hour meetings, then gives the President a two-minute synopsis. Reagan does best when he is challenged. Regan has taken away the challenge...
...clubs have made use of the Holyoke Center penthouse for parties about five times in the past year, at least once this fall. In addition, the Porcellian Club rented out Ticknor Lounge in Boylston Hall for a party after The Game last month by an alumnus who did not use the club's name. The students who are members of clubs are of course affiliates of the University; the clubs, however, are not. It is understandable that the halls of administration buildings were not abuzz last year with the news of the decision to cut ties to the clubs...
...trying to make the National Security Adviser more accountable to him, Regan stresses that the post is independent of the chief of staff. "I don't have foreign policy under me," Regan protests. Such claims hardly ring true to most in Washington. Says one first-term Reagan staff alumnus: "It's clear that Regan's calling the shots. He's the de facto National Security Adviser, the de facto legislative strategist . . . the de facto President...