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...money when the alternative for them is to join the enemy. The same applies to the opium trade. It would be better for Western governments to buy the crop above the black-market price for their pharmaceutical industries, even if it meant stockpiling or perhaps destroying some of the final product. The war cannot be won; the best that can be achieved is for the allies to hold the fort while every attempt is made to give the country some semblance of order. Buying a few tons of opium is likely to come cheaper in terms of both money...
...final meeting of the semester, the Undergraduate Council voted last night to pass the UC Reform Act, which alters its constitution to increase the body’s size from 35 to 51 representatives. The vote—26-6-2—comes on the heels of a semester’s worth of discussion and debate sparked by a set of recommendations issued by the Dowling Committee, which was charged last spring with reviewing student governance and issued a report this March proposing reforms. This legislation, which adopts some of the Dowling Committee’s suggestions...
...next-of-kin notification and release by the Department of Defense. The incident is under investigation and more information will be released when it becomes available." At first, the Associated Press, citing unnamed Pentagon officials, reported that the shooter was a U.S. soldier who may have been his own final victim in a murder-suicide rampage. But a late report said that the shooter was in military custody...
...Harvard men’s heavyweight and lightweight crew teams are no strangers to the big stage, and when EARC Sprints come around, they expect to find themselves racing in the final heat.Needless to say, last year provided a shock for the Crimson’s first varsity eights when each boat missed its respective Grand Final at Easterns and had to settle for wrapping up their days in the petite final.This season, the Harvard crews reclaimed their places among the EARC’s best yesterday at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., winning their first heats by decisive margins...
...Students shouldn’t get the final say in Harvard’s decision-making process, but the thoughts of students, faculty, and staff have a place in making a case to administrators to look beyond a narrow view of the school’s objective. It seemed that the budget-cutting process would be closed to students, and it is heartening that two recent administration-student forums constitute an improvement in transparency compared to last month’s invitation-only town hall. This improvement is due in part to student activism at that event...