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...representatives—John F. Pararas ’08-’09, the chair of the College Events Board, a co-sponsor of the ATM legislation and a Crimson magazine writer, and Charles T. James ’09-’10, a UC presidential candidate—were expelled during the meeting because of absences. James said that he has missed meetings because he is “totally involved in the campaign.” [CORRECTION APPENDED...
CORRECTION Due to an error in Undergraduate Council record-keeping, the Dec. 15 article "UC Approves ATM for Currier" incorrectly stated that John F. Pararas '08-'09 had been expelled from the Council due to excessive absences. In fact, Pararas has not been absent quite enough to qualify for expulsion, and UC Vice President Randall Sarafa '09 announced over the UC-General e-mail list Thursday evening that Pararas had not been expelled...
...Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head from 1993 to 2001, Carol Browner was perhaps "the greatest administrator [the] EPA has ever had," according to Bill Clinton's former chief of staff (and Barack Obama's current transition co-manager) John Podesta. She brings to the role of energy "czarina" a hefty amount of experience in environmental policy-making and consulting. What appears to be causing more speculation regarding her appointment is what exactly her newly created position, officially titled Energy Coordinator, will entail. "Carol understands that our efforts to create jobs, achieve energy security and combat climate change demand integration among...
...immune to the lure of politics, choosing to make her mark instead by writing and through a number of charitable endeavors. But when I asked Kennedy last January about her surprising decision to publicly endorse Barack Obama after decades of guarding her private life, her answer hinted that President John F. Kennedy's daughter might be open to even bigger things ahead. "I really felt like it was a crucial moment, and if I had something that I believed in, then I really owed it to myself to express that," she told me. "I recently turned 50, so I figured...
...weekend security conference organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Bahrain, headquarters to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, opinion appeared unanimous: to fix the pirates, fix Somalia. "We haven't been as involved in Somalia as we should have been," Britain's Defence Secretary John Hutton told the BBC. "This is the consequence...