Word: daves
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...turning darkly against Arab Americans--at least for as long as it was supposed that the Oklahoma blast might be the work of Islamic terrorists. In a replay of the harassment they suffered during the Gulf War, mosques reported receiving telephone threats. On Larry King Live, former Oklahoma Congressman Dave McCurdy pointed to an Islamic conference, full of fire-breathing rhetoric that was held in Oklahoma City in 1992. That was one reason, he said, that he knew terrorism "could happen here...
David Hanselman and I will be advocating the change tomorrow night. For those of you who have not followed the council in the papers this year, you should know that Dave and I have not agreed on much over the past few months. We attacked each other in the fall presidential race, and he won. I disagreed with some of his actions during his term, and he has been critical of my administration. Yet we are united in our belief that no matter how much good the council brings to students, we will never achieve the legitimacy that we need...
...real problem is not that council leaders claim to represent students when they really do not. It is that our effectiveness as a body is limited by the lack of a popular mandate. Over the past year, Dave and I have met with many different administrators about several pressing student issues. Though our opinions were always treated with respect, we usually left with the feeling that our thoughts were not viewed as representative of the student body. The president of the Undergraduate Council is seen as just one more campus leader rather than the president of the student body...
...Brent and Dave learn from this? "I was sonew to the college it really disillusioned me,"Brent says. "It was not educational. It wasdepressing, frustrating and condescending...
...Dave's case is not uncommon. Ad Boardmembers say the board is meant to be aneducational tool, but many students who have dealtwith it say they simply felt annoyed and angry.Virginia L. Mackay-Smith '78, secretary of theAdministrative Board, emphasizes the Board is nota court with two sides but a body which tries towork with the student to come to a mutualrealization. "There is an expectation that thestudent will engage in a conversation with theBoard," Mackay-Smith says...