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...current H1N1 outbreak in the U.S. may be much less severe than originally anticipated, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the UK Medical Research Council...
...activities. The Iranian regime responded to these overtures with a flat rejection and an aggressive promise to build an additional 10 enrichment plants. In response, the administration is reaching out to Russia, China, and our European allies to win support for tough new sanctions at the United Nations Security Council at the beginning of the new year...
...actions, which included authorizing an inappropriate email that was sent from the ucpres@fas account. The message’s premature and unproven accusations were distributed in negligence of UC and EC procedure, generating confusion and uproar that harmed the reputation of those named—and the entire council. The UC’s official slap-on-the-wrist was the right course of action to address McLeod’s “abuse [of] the power of her office...
With the Undergraduate Council’s election-season controversy finally over, the UC took measures last Monday to repair the damage in its wake. A majority of the council voted to officially censure Vice President Kia J. McLeod, marking an appropriate end to a debacle that undermined the legitimacy of both the Election Commission and the UC. We congratulate the body for recognizing that McLeod’s actions “violate[d] ethical standards,” and hope that it takes strides to avoid further election confusion in the future...
...hope that the UC will remain proactive in ensuring that a similar situation does not happen in the future. To avoid such debacles, the council should strive for a less divisive election process. Specifically, the UC should take measures to decrease the involvement of EC members in presidential and vice presidential campaigns. While looking to the past and reprimanding those at fault is important, the UC must commit to avoiding this situation in years to come so that representatives can spend their time on business that the student body has elected them to carry...