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...demonstration came too late. To foil the activists, the nuclear test, code-named Hazebrook, was set off Tuesday, two days ahead of schedule. The subsequent protest was not confined to Nevada. On Capitol Hill, the House Democratic caucus proposed that Congress cut off funds for further U.S. nuclear tests as long as the Soviet Union adheres to its testing moratorium. The House Democrats called on President Reagan to negotiate with the Soviets to achieve a "reciprocal, simultaneous and verifiable" test ban. The Soviets, meanwhile, announced they would soon resume testing in response to the U.S. action...
Although the Caucus of Chairs—an informal group of Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) department and committee chairs—was formed in response to last year’s crisis of University governance, the group has decided to continue meeting even after University President Lawrence H. Summers’ resignation.“We talked about whether our group should continue to exist into the future, and we decided it should,” said History Department Chair Andrew D. Gordon ’74 in a recent interview. “People find it valuable...
Professor of Biological Oceanography James J. McCarthy, one of the two coordinators of the department chairs group known as the Caucus of Chairs, is on Bok’s committee, as is Department of Classics Chair Richard F. Thomas, also a caucus member. McCarthy heads the environmental science and public policy committee and is master of Pforzheimer House...
...party suites over lotteried rooms. (We expect that the party fund will grow anyway next year due to the influx of funds previously earmarked for campus-wide social activities.) The elections for party suites can be held in several different ways, for example, in the form of a live caucus or e-mail ballots. Perhaps these elections could even include some campaigning. The form is flexible. We urge House committees, housemasters, and House tutors to consider this simple innovation as a way to increase social space within a House—not to mention encourage a few more on-campus...
...pollution problem, with 15-year-old cars idling in lines that stretch for miles? How can you order us to educate any child who appears on our school doorstep but not give us the money to do it? Where are we going to find enough water? The congressional Hispanic caucus wants $1 billion in spending on roads and bridges and Customs officers; El Paso state senator Eliot Shapleigh and other Texas lawmakers have called for a Marshall Plan for the border; El Paso Congressman Sylvestre Reyes wants Bush to appoint a border czar who can cut through the red tape...