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Houses will appoint resident tutors to advise first-semester sophomores under a revamped advising program announced by the College last month.The move resulted from the college’s decision to delay concentration choice until the middle of sophomore year, leaving current freshmen without departmental advisers come September.But this plan was only one of several considered by the Standing Committee on Advising and Counseling, and a draft report obtained by The Crimson outlines some potential concerns that the committee expressed about that model.The report says advising could vary significantly between Houses, resident deans may be overburdened with other responsibilities...
Deferring any immediate changes, CHL decided to appoint an exploratory group to examine the data collected each time students swipe in at a dining hall in order to better formulate a plan...
...Under the Basic Law, the central government in Beijing has the power to appoint as well as remove Hong Kong's Chief Executive. Furthermore, the Chief Executive has a duty under the Basic Law to be accountable not only to Hong Kong but to the central government. Democracy, therefore, is not for Hong Kong alone to determine...
...This two-part process-election by Hong Kong and appointment by Beijing, and the dual accountability to both Hong Kong and Beijing-is unique. It's also a constitutional reality. Universal suffrage without regard to this reality will risk serious confrontation between the Hong Kong electorate and China. We need to assure all parties that, when universal suffrage is introduced, Beijing will retain its power to appoint the Chief Executive. Both Hong Kong and Beijing will have to accept that the elected candidate is accountable also to the other side...
...long after that, Gonzales met with senators to make clear that Bush would not oppose a Democratic measure intended to eliminate the attorney general's current prerogative to appoint federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation. Previously, the Justice Department had spoken out against such legislation...