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Suzy M. Nelson, the College’s associate dean for residential life, said that the two new committees, which the Undergraduate Council advocated, were added so that more students could provide input to the House Program Planning Committee that was formed last spring...
...forces being confined to base after January 1, when the current United Nations mandate legitimizing their operations in Iraq expires. But despite such warnings from Washington, all indications from inside the Iraqi political system are that the draft agreement is unlikely to be adopted. Iraq's Political Council for National Security, which brings together representatives of the major parties in Iraq's parliament, called for modifications of the deal when it met last Saturday, and Prime Minister Maliki's own cabinet has echoed that position even though it was his government that negotiated the draft. It appears highly unlikely...
...pact to extend the U.S. troop presence in Iraq, it may well be that no agreement can be reached before the current U.N. mandate expires. The Iraqis don't appear overly bothered by that possibility, suggesting that the U.N. mandate could simply be extended by the Security Council for another year. Washington has strongly discouraged that view, warning that following the summer's Georgia conflict, Russia may be in a spoiling mood and veto such an extension - although Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has since made clear that Moscow would, in fact, support an extension. (After all, the failure...
...Hadaway, the HUPD officers told her that given the economic downturn, people hard-strapped for cash would attempt to steal more. The petition created by Hadaway, fellow co-chair Rafael A.P. Miranda ’09, and HoCo executive Krista E. Weiss ’09 follows an Undergraduate Council meeting two weeks ago that featured a discussion between students and HUPD Chief Francis D. “Bud” Riley and HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano. Hadaway said that the meeting had been informative for students, adding that HUPD has always been supportive of maintaining Quadlings?...
...robo-caller" from Austin, Texas funded his own phone drive during the South Carolina primary that targeted Hillary Clinton. The recorded message included claims that Clinton had paid someone to kill an opponent's cat: "Hillary thinks cats are expendable. Can you trust her?" In May, the Minnesota Family Council recorded messages that used the words "anal and oral sex" in an effort to defeat a bill for sex education in school; ironically, the organization received complaints from parents whose children had answered such calls. In March, one Ohio man posted a video on YouTube pleading with Hillary Clinton...