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Model Senate introduces students to Harvard Model Congress (HMC), a four-day simulation held in February for 14,400 high school students from around the country...
...Model Senate is a way to introduce freshmen to Harvard Model Congress," said co-president Magda C. Guillen'02. By having them serve as delegates, they can "see both sides of the picture." The organization hopes that Saturday's participan ts will join the staff of Model Congress, helping to organize the February conference...
...didn't know was a leader." But that kind of leadership isn't necessarily presidential. And it isn't clear that Bradley, who had to rely on others to build the coalitions that passed his important bills, would have the skill as President to get his big ideas through Congress...
Members of Congress have a pretty extensive exposure to all things sordid, but most of them were probably not prepared for what they heard and saw this week. On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee?s crime panel heard testimony from animal rights activists pushing for criminal penalties for traffickers of animal "squish" or "crush" movies. According to the Associated Press, the films, which feature the graphic torture and death of animals, are part of what one witness called a multimillion-dollar, worldwide industry. "It?s time to stop this windfall," said Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Ca.), the sponsor...
...With all the well-funded causes filling up their hearing rooms, will Congress take the proliferation of animal crush films seriously? TIME senior writer Frederic Golden thinks so. "It?s not surprising to me at all that these movies are making it into Congressional hearings," he says. "The animal-rights movement is gaining a lot of momentum in the U.S., and they?ve got enormous support in Congress." But there is one obstacle the backers of the bill may not be able to jump over. "This is a classic First Amendment situation," says TIME senior reporter Alain Sanders. "The problem...