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...Sandinista government of Nicaragua, convincing the world that next week's national elections will be meaningful has been an uphill climb. The first major setback came when Arturo Cruz Porras, widely considered to be the strongest opponent facing Sandinista Presidential Candidate Daniel Ortega Saavedra, decided once and for all three weeks ago not to run, claiming that the regime would not allow him to campaign freely. Then the next strongest rival, Virgilio Godoy Reyes of the Independent Liberal Party, announced last week that he too was dropping out. "There are not sufficient guarantees for an electoral process," said...
...moderate groups-the Democratic Conservatives and the Popular Social Christians-may also bow out. That would leave only the Sandinistas and three small Marxist parties on the ballot, hardly a balanced choice. Though some Nicaraguans still hope that the government will postpone the elections and woo Godoy and Cruz back into the race, Ortega last week denied any such intentions. "Let it be clear that even if we have to go alone, we are going to go with the elections on Nov. 4," he said. If the Sandinistas' response to news coverage of Godoy's withdrawal...
Boston University, confronted with a 13% surplus of 496 new students, put up most of the spillover for two weeks at the Sheraton Boston. Eventually more conventional quarters were scrounged up, and B.U. swallowed a $200,000 tab. The University of California, Santa Cruz, counted some 200 freshmen above the normal entering class of 1,340. The school handled the crush in part with a freshly bulldozed trailer park, where some 30 students are currently making do with their mobile digs. The rest were shoehorned in everywhere from the gym, where ten to 20 students checked in every night...
Compounding the attendance bulge is a new college trend. "Right now," says Santa Cruz Housing Services Director Jerry Walters, "living on campus in dormitories is in." Off-campus, do-your-thing pads have given way to the practical fact that campus quarters tend to be cheaper and more convenient. "Students want to be closer to campus and involved in campus activity," says B.U. Housing Director Marcus Buckley. "They want to study and not worry about the heat or their next meal." The bottom line, again, may be the reality of getting ready for that job. Says Dean Mary Ackerman...
...more dangerous threat is represented by the turbas (mobs). Early in the campaign, Cruz's car was stoned and his supporters were assaulted several times. Though Sandinista leaders publicly condemn the violence, the turbas are organized by middle-level party officials. In some cases, planners have even supplied municipal buses to transport crowds...