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...were characterized by a significantly improved voter turnout among first-years, attributable in large part to the new vote-by-internet system. We hope that undergraduates will continue to increase their participation by voting in council elections. A high voter turn-out is one of the surest ways to bolster the legitimacy and accountability of our student government...
...also have a call for reform. This paltry number of tickets sold for the Dartmouth game indicates that school spirit has reached a new low. Harvard should do more to bolster it. Perhaps the University should think about extending this policy of free tickets to all future Harvard-Dartmouth and Harvard-Yale games...
Those words signaled a new low for L.A.'s first African-American police chief, who has been reaching for middle ground--trying to bolster morale without alienating the black community--but missing as often as not. Although Williams, unlike his department, still finds approval among the public, he hasn't won over his rank and file. In a recent poll by the city's police union, 83% of officers said they did not believe he can effectively lead them. "Willie wants to have the respect of the community and the loyalty of the department," says Ramona Ripston, executive director...
...there is no post-season Ivy League tournament, every league match carries an extra importance. However, a few non-league wins would bolster Harvard's national status...
...said jurors could hear only two relatively tame snippets--out of at least 41 instances--in which ex-L.A.P.D. detective Mark Fuhrman used the word nigger on a screenwriter's interview tapes. The decision enraged Simpson's defense lawyers, who had been counting on the tapes to bolster their contention that Fuhrman--who denied on the stand that he had used the epithet--is a racist who planted the famous bloody glove at Simpson's home in order to frame him. Earlier in the week, with the jury absent, many more excerpts from the tapes were played...