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...moment will be poignant, even as some may try to dismiss it as pointless. Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who has led the three-year fight against McCain's bill, loves to say, "This issue has never defeated anyone in the American political process." Nor has it ever launched a presidential campaign. Back in January even McCain's top advisers hoped to persuade him that campaign-finance reform was a loser issue. They quietly commissioned a poll of G.O.P. voters in four key primary states to prove their point. But when the results came in, they showed...
...There are still misconceptions out there, Itis our role to dismiss them," says Heather C.Chang '99, a student coordinator of the UMRP...
...matter of a few weeks, we were talking with national press," says Milikowsky. Several weeks later, the Rally for Justice was held, attracting national press and several hundred demonstrators outside University Hall, as the Faculty voted to dismiss Douglas inside. Milikowsky was a featured speaker at the rally. Since then, the coalition has had several meetings with Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 and other members of the administration...
...hope the Senate will vote to end the trial soon after it has begun, whether by a motion to dismiss the charges or, if necessary, a compromise censure resolution. But any compromise must be forged carefully. Any resolution of this mess that lends legitimacy to the articles of impeachment would be a disservice to the nation...
...answer still isn't clear. But the multiple aims of the Rally seem to have been completely overshadowed by a decision that was nearly a foregone conclusion--the full Faculty's vote to dismiss D. Drew Douglas, Class of 2000. Given their options, the Faculty made the right choice--to dismiss Douglas. But protestors demanded expulsion, an option which was never before the Faculty. At some point, the Faculty needs to make a policy decision to clarify when expulsion is appropriate. We believe rape deserves the harshest punishment Harvard can impose--expulsion. If, as the administration has argued, dismissal...