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Instead of trying to allocate money to as many groups as possible, the council should give special consideration to groups with the broadest impact. It is admittedly difficult to objectively evaluate a student group’s value to the campus, but we elect council members to make these difficult decisions, and they should be sure that expenditures are justified...
...days after Case's resignation, speculation arose that some outside stockholders were trying to force the company to bring in Viacom president Mel Karmazin, but no one could produce evidence that anyone in charge at AOL had spoken with him. Instead, the AOL board acted swiftly to elect Parsons as both chairman and CEO, strengthening his hand as he takes on one of the toughest turnaround tasks in corporate America...
...Whatever the configuration of the next coalition, it's a relative certainty that Tuesday's election will return Sharon to power - and lead to a continuation of current policies. And of the current deadlock. Suicide bombers continue to strike inside Israel and gunmen attack settlements; Israeli troops maintain their occupation of the West Bank and raid Gaza's population centers. Sharon says he has a peace plan but says he's waiting for an end to Palestinian violence and the effective ouster of Yasser Arafat before it can be implemented; the Palestinians maintain that little can change in their political...
...concerns about its decision to withdraw from the nonproliferation pact, an accord that blocked it from developing nukes. But Seoul said that it would push ahead with efforts to end the crisis peacefully, announcing that it would send high-level envoys to Pyongyang this week. South Korea's President-elect Roh Moo-hyun said he would be willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il after taking office next month. Other initiatives were still live as well, including a Russian proposal that would give North Korea a security guarantee and aid in exchange for abandoning its nuclear program...
...Foreign Ministry assistant press secretary Jiro Okuyama outlined Japan's moves to solve the crisis. "We are trying to build up solidarity and cooperation in the international arena," said Okuyama. In fact, the spokesman declared, Japan's Foreign Minister was scheduled to meet South Korea's President and President-elect the next day to hash out the issue...