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Fierce has been the uproar surrounding the French National Assembly??s recent efforts to outlaw the wearing of the burka (a full veil that masks a woman’s face and body, worn by some Muslim women). Although France has so far only managed to pass a non-binding resolution that calls the burka contrary to French republican values, many say a full ban is not far away...
...University of Maryland affirmed its students’ rights to view pornography last week. A policy included in the Maryland General Assembly??s budget bill last spring required state universities to develop an obscenity code to prevent the viewing of pornography on their campuses by December 1. If schools do not comply, they risk losing state funding. State Senator Andrew Harris introduced the budget amendment after University of Maryland students planned a screening of the hardcore pornographic film, “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge,” last April. By implementing this measure...
...During the past half century, Cuba has had varied and complex experiences. The National Assembly??s December 2008 plenary session, on the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the current political regime, brought together much of the good and the bad of these decades, as well as the silly and the imprudent. Yet it is evident that Cuba’s new president is prepared to take on some statesmanlike, albeit unpopular, decisions for the sake of sounder governance. What other courageous steps might he be willing to undertake...
...transformation did not go unnoticed by the student body. In the fall of 1982, more than 200 students competed for 89 UC seats. In contrast, during the Student Assembly??s final semester the previous spring, only a little over half of the assembly??s 90 seats were filled. Attendance was so low at the organization’s last meeting in April that attendees did not meet the quorum necessary for the government to disband itself...
...recommendations proposed by a committee headed by Professor John E. Dowling ’57, which was formed to examine the role of students in college governance. Those recommendations eventually led to the birth of the Undergraduate Council (UC), out of the ashes of its predecessor, the Student Assembly??an organization among whose accomplishments were securing free toilet paper in the River houses, a (failed) rock concert, and, at one point, “a poorly attended spring picnic.” Now, Professor Dowling is set to head a new committee with a similar name (it?...