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Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 opposed the move from a professor's point of view, rightly pointing out in an e-mail that "only students are affected by it--it requires no more effort on the part of the Faculty (except adding a few more students to a few courses), but it does add a nontrivial burden to the requirements on certain students." Is it too much to ask for the Council to stick by its now-broken promise to minimize student requirements and reinstate the A.P. science exemption? Perhaps, but it's a new year...
...plan to continue, I don't know what avenue, but I am going to seek a lot of advice and a lot of leverage on campus, says King. "Everything I talked about except the $40,000 idea we can essentially do, even though I wasn't elected." (The King-Driskell plan called for the council to spend a portion of the $40,000 in newly found council funds toward the building of a student center, as a gesture to the College of student commitment to community...
...Malaysian competition is similar to the U.S. competition, including an interview, application and recommendations, except that no college nomination is required...
...package is designed to expand U.S. links with the island in anticipation of Fidel Castro's demise in the near future. The exile lobby is satisfied, but critics such as Warner point out that Cuba is getting rougher treatment than even Iraq and North Korea. Except, perhaps, when it comes to sports: The White House is backing plans by the Baltimore Orioles for an exhibition match against Cuba's national team in March. Of course, if they're hoping to thaw Cuban society, the Orioles had better throw the game -- Castro is a notoriously bad loser...
...Kidman? The Australian actress slides deftly into each of her five roles, though her accent as the model seems lost somewhere between Los Angeles and Sydney. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with her performance except that any of 20 other competent stage actresses could have done it. Not many of them, of course, would also look as good in the buff (from behind, for about 10 seconds) or be able to command the kind of hype of which great letdowns are made...