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Thank you for your article on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) [March 2]. I gave birth to my son in 2007 and felt pressured into a cesarean after 12 hours of labor. I regretted it later. Not all women who have a C-section elect to do so, and they should be given the chance to try again "the old-fashioned way." Rebecca Morris, SIOUX FALLS...
Apparently Schwartz thinks he can advocate just as effectively for alternative social space from inside the Fly as he can at his UC committee meeting. We're fine with that. In fact, it probably would have been a shame to elect a UC President who wasn't going to come to the meetings. The real tragedy here is that Ben's going to have to update his facebook profile. Listing CKS and UC after you leave the ring? Not kosher, says FlyByBlog. And that profile pic might have to go, Crimson Key sweatshirt and all. Here's to advocacy...
...visited Dartmouth yesterday to meet with students and faculty for the first time as president-elect. According to Adams, Kim—a member of Time Magazine’s 2006 top-100 influential people list—was received with great excitement...
...Residents could vote for House members in neighboring Virginia and Maryland until 1801, but city leaders were originally appointed by the President. The city enjoyed some self-rule for much of the 19th century, but most of it was stripped away in 1874. Voters couldn't participate in presidential elections at all until the 23rd Amendment was ratified in 1963. After persistent lobbying by residents - their neighbors, after all - lawmakers passed the Home Rule Act of 1973, allowing voters to directly elect the mayor and city council. But Congress still acts as the District's slightly distant parent, wielding final...
When President Obama named Hillary Clinton as his nominee for secretary of state last December, Clinton responded: “Mr. President-elect, I am proud to join you on what will be a difficult and exciting adventure in this new century.” On such an adventure they did embark, which this narrator shall now relate with perfect verisimilitude...