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With presidential elections approaching, Undergraduate Council members are speculating about possible candidates in an election insiders say will be fierce and competitive. Rumors have focused on four possible tickets, which are notable for their diversity and mix of UC insiders and outsiders.UC insiders are speculating that the two leading tickets will be UC Finance Committee chair Andrea R. Flores ’10, running with David F. Boswell ’10, and UC Student Affairs Committee vice-chair Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10, running with Alneada D. Biggers ’10. Other possible tickets would...
...remaining third are East Jerusalem's Arabs. Gaydamak, 56, can forget about winning the ultra-Orthodox vote. It will be delivered in a bloc to Meir Porush, 54, a former Knesset member who has the backing of the city's key rabbis. Says Anat Hoffmann, a former city council member: "When Porush says 'our children,' he doesn't mean Jerusalem's children. He means those of his community. And when he says 'our Jerusalem,' he means only particular neighborhoods where the haredim live...
...Usually, the last person many students want to talk to is a psychiatrist,” Kadison said, adding that Mental Health Services often refers students instead to the Harvard Chaplains or the Bureau of Study Council, where they may feel more comfortable discussing many of their concerns...
Others recalled that 30 years ago, the community had lobbied to persuade the City Council and the Cambridge Hospital to bring neighborhood clinics like the Farnum Center to the city...
...North Tehran on Tuesday. Despite Obama's clear lead in the polls, the woman was unconvinced. "How much do you want to bet?" she demanded. There were no takers willing to bet against some surprise turn of events that would deny Obama his expected victory. "Just like our Guardian Council handpicks the candidates [in Iran's elections], their Supreme Court chose Bush in 2000," another friend explained. "What makes you think they won't do it again?" (See pictures of the world reacting to Obama...