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...proposal, according to UC President John S. Haddock ’07. Several council members were visibly upset with the outcome of the vote. Sunday night, a proposal to replace the CLC with a new Outreach and Services committee was voted down. After that defeat, former UC presidential candidate Magnus Grimeland ’07 and CLC’s vice-chair of services, Raul A. Campillo ’09, advocated that the CLC continue as a committee in charge of student services and take on additional duties, including lobbying for a student center and raising money...
...there's the problem of what state governments do with the money they receive from Abuja. Thanks to high oil prices, Rivers, one of the biggest oil-producing states, has seen its revenues increase. But many schools still don't have furniture and roads are crumbling. Rivers' Information Commissioner Magnus Abe says that "there are lots of things we are doing" to develop the state. "Things are changing - whether rapidly depends on how you look at it." A copy of the 2006 state budget obtained by Time shows Government House overheads increasing from $38.6 million in 2005 to $81.1 million...
...physics majors out there, I hear it has to do with the Magnus effect. Or maybe the Bernoulli effect. When it works, it replicates the desired effect of a well-crafted pick-up line: it makes the recipient go weak in the knees...
...Don’t Tell” policy, which bars gay and lesbian citizens from serving openly. “I think it’s sad that such a policy is preventing the recruitment of so many smart people,” said former Norwegian special forces officer Magnus Grimeland ’07. “[Homosexuality in the military] is not a problem in Norway.” Panelists also spoke about the nature of the U.S. military and the perceived difficulty in disentangling the military from politics. “At the ground level, it doesn?...
...pool, I knew there weren’t any sharks,” says Pope. “Although I had a friend I was with, and she left early because she was so scared.” But something was lurking in the dark waters. Magnus Grimeland ’07 patrolled underwater, decked out in SCUBA gear and prepared to deal with any emergencies that might arise. Horovitz added that safety was a big concern. “Basically, I made a list of everything that could go wrong and I tried to make sure that didn?...