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Some council members have always thought the constitution needed reworking, but recent developments--from the rejection of a term bill referendum to the impeachment of council Vice President John A. Burton '01--convinced the vast majority of the council to seek constitutional reform...
...declaration of independence from the Clinton administration over the Elian Gonzalez case as somewhat Clintonesque. After all, the President managed in 1996 to break the Republican electoral hold on Florida in part by ignoring the advice of his own foreign policy team and signing into law the Helms-Burton Act, an anti-Cuba legislative package sponsored by two of the most conservative legislators on Capitol Hill. But Clinton's move came amid the nationwide revulsion over the shooting down by Cuban MiGs of an unarmed plane flown over Cuba by exile activists; America appears considerably less enthusiastic about a political...
Council Vice President John A. Burton '01 sponsored the feedback card bill--his first of the semester--which allocates $55 towards facilitating student input on the council and passed easily...
While occupying the chair, Burton stood alone at the podium, as council Secretary Jean E. Huang '03 and Parliamentarian Alexander A. Boni-Saenz '01were absent from the meeting...
After the meeting, Burton said he was relieved that no controversial issues came up while he was in the chair...