Word: charterers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...proposals, which the Faculty has not yet considered, would alter the CRR's student-faculty ratio, disallow the introduction of hearsay evidence against students, and revise the committee's charter...
...straightforward. Its composition is weighted in favor of the Faculty members. There is no separate body to which students can appeal CRR decisions. The CRR can deny students the right to legal counsel when appearing before it, and can admit hearsay evidence against a student. Furthermore, the CRR's charter is extraordinarily vague in defining the offenses that make a student liable for discipline; in fact, almost any administrator can bring a student before the CRR on charges of "interference with members of the University in performance of their normal duties...
Ending the boycott at this time would accomplish nothing. The CRR cannot be reformed from the inside through student participation. Only the Faculty can make the necessary changes in the CRR's charter and composition, and it is only through the continued pressure of the student boycott that the Faculty will be moved to reform or abolish...
...Secret Service was also distressed by Carter's insistence on using a small air-charter service in his home town of Plains for short hops, instead of the far more secure (and far more expensive) Army helicopters that are at his disposal. The owner of the charter service, Tom Peterson, is a kind of south Georgia bush pilot who has been flying Carter around for years. But his relaxed attitude and unorthodox procedures (he sometimes flies his twin-engine Cessna 310 without a copilot) have caused agents assigned to Carter to consume more antacid than usual. A recent Carter...
...makes a useful distinction between "expertise" and "expertness." In the spirit of 19th century British intellectual noblesse oblige, he simply and clearly explains marine navigation. As skipper he is heavy on object lessons, especially in matters of boat safety. Two people lost their lives while sailing Cyrano under charter: a scuba diver died in the Caribbean, and an ad executive fell overboard and drowned in the Hudson River while the boat was being used for a corporate cocktail party. The most serious mishap during Cyrano's trip to Spain was a gash suffered by one of the crew when...