Word: elections
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...expect that everyone will agree with us nor that they should. But John Voith’s attempt to pander to our respective organizations by clearly misrepresenting his ticket’s stance on ROTC is both dishonest in principal and harmful in practice. Regardless of who wins this election, and both our organizations agree that it shouldn’t be the Voith-Gadgil ticket, the least Harvard students expect from our next leaders is the backbone to stand up for their beliefs, whatever they actually are. While we understand that nuanced positions can shift over time when...
...cartoons lampooning Lukashenko. The youths now face trial and stiff prison terms. Late last month, the rubber-stamp legislature passed a bill outlawing virtually every form of political dissent and authorizing wider use of pretrial detention, and stiffer jail sentences. It will come into effect just as the presidential election campaign kicks off. "Of course you'll elect me," the Batska declared earlier this month. "What else can you do?" Western nations have criticized Lukashenko's regime, but have done little else. Last April, while attending a nato meeting in Lithuania, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Belarus...
Students have a real choice in this election. We can opt for more of the same, or elect leaders of a student government of which we can all be proud. Unlike the other candidates, Magnus and Tom have five specific pledges to change fundamentally the UC’s role on campus...
...allowing students to form close bonds with inspirational political figures, while policy groups are a fantastic way of bringing together similarly-interested students for research and discussion. Despite these individual successes, however, the IOP has struggled to address some of its most important problems. Today, the IOP will elect a new leadership, and regardless of the outcome, the winning ticket will need to be open to change and committed to reforming the Institute with the right priorities in mind...
...within China's political system. While officials in Beijing routinely pass laws to protect the environment, local officials and factory managers collude to evade them. Many enterprises and municipalities are so confident in their ability to ignore the law that even when they possess appropriate waste-treatment facilities, they elect not to use them in order to avoid operational costs. Local environmental protection bureaus and courts are also beholden to local governments rather than to central government agencies, making them particularly susceptible to political and economic pressure. With few incentives for factory managers and local officials to do the right...