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...this light, among the current field of sub-par candidates, we endorse Fentrice D. Driskell '01 for council president and Benjamin M. Wikler '03 for council vice president...
...never specifically described how the additional money would be used. Nevertheless, she has acknowledged the council's structural problems and seems genuinely committed to finding a solution. Driskell has used her two-and-a-half years on the council productively but at the same time has maintained visibility among other sectors of the campus and distinguished herself from the current bureaucratic machine. If elected, we hope Driskell can effectively combine her desire for reform with her understanding of how the council works...
...time he came out of his Hanoi prison, John McCain had learned the power of stories. He had been raised on them. The son and grandson of admirals forever at sea, he had spent more time with their legends than with the men themselves. Among the POWs, he was the prison storyteller, the one who helped pass the days by retelling, scene by scene, his favorite Marlon Brando movies, who offered a course he called A History of the World from the Beginning, the one who was allowed 10 minutes with a Bible one Christmas so he could refresh...
...politics. It has served as both weapon and shield, a kind of deterrent that makes him easy to fear, hard to attack, hard sometimes even to live with. Throughout his rise to power, it was the story that could both win people over and shut people down. Who among his adversaries wanted to answer the question, "So just what were you doing from 1967 till 1973, while he was being maimed and tortured in service to his country...
McCain was enough of a celebrity among freshman Representatives that they elected him President of their 1982 class. And to the extent that he focused on anything, it was helping lawmakers who had never worn a uniform make smarter decisions about what American soldiers should and should not be asked to do. He spoke out passionately about the need to aid the Nicaraguan contras. But even early on, he was not just Reagan's pet. In September 1983, barely nine months after taking office, he loudly opposed keeping U.S. Marines in Lebanon an additional 18 months. Though lots of speakers...