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Council reform was one of the avowed purposes of the Re-evaluation Committee. The difference between change and reform will not become clear until we see how the membership reacts to its new environment. Most likely, political people will continue to beleaguer and begrudge. You can change the surroundings, but...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: U.C. Forecast: Cloudy at Best | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

Despite imbalance in the structure, Common Knowledge is a clever representation of campus life. It is sure to appeal to a student audience which is able to laugh at itself and at it friends. But an exlusive theme hovers over the stage a theme that is hard to put down...

Author: By Mary Humes, | Title: Radical Chic | 10/19/1983 | See Source »

But personnel problems still beleaguer the department--and the creation of the executive committee seems to have compounded some existing intradepartmental tensions. Southern resigned abruptly from her position has chairman last June, citing the creation of the executive committee as one of the reasons for her committee. "I told the...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: A Last-Ditch Effort for Afro-Am | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

Sophomore Scheu has performed impressively in the gap left by Lehigh's 1957 Little All-American quarterback Dan Nolan, completing ten of the 17 passes he has thrown. But a fair portion of his success must be credited to a brace of veteran ends--Joe Wenzel and Dave Nevil--who...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Football Team to Seek First Victory Against an Unbeaten Lehigh Eleven | 10/11/1958 | See Source »

The Chicago Tribune, first cousin of the News, has long made it a point to beleaguer venereal quacks. The News decided to try to make it as easy for the masses to get correct information about venereal diseases as about tuberculosis. Newsman Carl Warren was told to turn out a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Prophylaxis Publicity | 3/23/1936 | See Source »

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