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...have left an unsettling impression of the council’s capacity to maturely deliberate issues of great importance to students—namely, the proposed termbill hike that would raise the current optional fee of $35 to a compulsory (and revised figure of) $75. To be fair, the decorum at last night’s meeting returned to normal. But before the student body votes on the fee hike in a referendum later this semester, the council should consider whether its recent behavior imparts confidence in its ability to handle a boost in its budget...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: A Vote of No Confidence | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

Though he admits that “Edward Forty-Hands” night got “a little out of hand” after one senior chugged his entire forty, Valle claims that Senior nights are generally of the highest decorum. Each week, new friends arrive, willing to pitch in to enjoy kegs and cocktails in a classy scene...

Author: By Stephen M. Fee, | Title: Senior Citizens Belly Up to the Bar | 4/8/2004 | See Source »

...that hasn't prevented them from enjoying a good brawl on the floor of the National Assembly. On March 12, the country's leading politicians were at one another again, chest shoving, dragging each other around like drunks at a rock concert, hurling profanities, punches, shoes and furniture. Decorum finally was restored for a floor vote, and all that energetic wrath was focused on one man: South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun. After a vote tally of 193-2, National Assembly Speaker Park Kwan Yong gravely announced that the legislature had garnered the two-thirds majority necessary to impeach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Control | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

...worth it?" No one thinks of accusing them of indecently exploiting these tragic deaths for political reasons. Yet when the President talks about his own leadership through and after 9/11, he is accused of exploitation. It is understandable that Democrats would want the proper bounds of political decorum to be defined by talk of job losses and of difficulties in Iraq. But since when do partisans design the playing field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why 9/11 Belongs in the Campaign | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

...worth it?" No one thinks of accusing them of indecently exploiting these tragic deaths for political reasons. Yet when the President talks about his own leadership through and after 9/11, he is accused of exploitation. It is understandable that Democrats would want the proper bounds of political decorum to be defined by talk of job losses and of difficulties in Iraq. But since when do partisans design the playing field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why 9/11 Belongs in the Campaign | 3/7/2004 | See Source »

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