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...national holiday -- Clinton Day -- to hear the U.S. president declare the American military mission there a success. "We celebrate the restoration of democracy to your country," Clinton told the crowd, whose front ranks consisted of children who giggled at several presidential attempts at Creole. Right on cue, as Clinton spoke, a white dove landed on the podium between him andHaitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. (Aristide's staff had released a whole flock of his trademark peace symbols in the yard.) As Clinton declared that the six-month U.S. mission had been accomplished "on schedule and with remarkable success...
...truth, representation in the CUE is not a major problem. While the committee does votes, its resolutions are only recommendations to the Faculty Council and no one has suggested that the imbalance has seriously hurt students' interests. The chair of the committee, Dean for Undergraduate Education Lawrence Buell, has said that he has only recognized five votes from the faculty members...
However, the potential is there for abuse and it should be remedied. Buell has recently said he will do exactly that. While more than five faculty members may attend CUE meetings in the future, it will be made clear that only five will have the vote...
...every semester the CUE meeting is set for a Wednesday after-noon, the Undergraduate Council should not appoint members to the committee who cannot attend. If, say, Randall A. Fine '96 is unavailable, the student affairs committee should appoint another student to take his place...
...bottom line is that the purpose of the CUE is for students' voices to be heard in an open discussion with the faculty. It may be unclear whether the recent imbalance has in fact distorted that debate, but Buell must ensure that the CUE is a balanced forum in the future...