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...Aceh with a new policy. I appeal to the leaders of the separatists to reunite [with Indonesia], and to their soldiers to come out [from hiding] and disarm. That would be the end of the armed struggle, and would allow for special autonomy to be carried out. I will consult with parliament about granting amnesty to those who voluntarily surrender...
Besides ensuring more rigorous discussion of and justification for propositions, Faculty votes help ensure that decision-makers consult the people they ought to consult. And considering the outcry at recent Faculty meetings concerning the level of transparency in the review, we fear that the necessary discussions are not taking place. For example, in March, now-outgoing Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley Nathans told The Crimson that nobody at the Freshman Deans Office had been “consulted” by curricular review committees, which were at the time completing the first phase of the review. Nathans declined to comment...
University Hall, to be sure, has the prerogative to consult whomsoever it chooses, and ultimately it will make the tough decisions on its own. But if administrators want the curricular review to be done right, to be done in a way that students and faculty perceive as legitimate, then they must build the necessary checks and balances into the system—a system which it seems to be making up as it goes along...
...hands on the pulse of the nation," says Hussein Shahristani, a former nuclear scientist who returned from exile to advise Sistani. "It's at his fingertips." Sistani sees a steady stream of aides and agents based around the country as well as Iraqi leaders eager to court and consult him. Sheik Jameel al-Qurayshi, who represents Sistani in Baghdad's restive Sadr City district, visits the ayatullah at least once a week to discuss the fine points of Islamic practice and get political advice for handling his neighborhood. Sistani's declarations are succinct and to the point. "He makes...
...verify whether someone is a high-risk individual, UHS officials may consult students’ medical records—“but in general people are very honest,” Rosenthal said...