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However, on March 30, Dean Lewis vetoed the council's proposal, despite the fact that he had originally expressed his approval for diploma reform. The main differences between the bill that passed and its original version were: one, the new bill included language recognizing the importance of Radcliffe; and, two, instead of leaving the actual diploma change up to the administration, it proposed making the specific change of adding Dean Lewis' signature to female undergraduate diplomas. His decision raises questions about why he would support one bill and not the other...

Author: By Emma C. Cheuse, | Title: Hasty Rejection | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...Crimson executives in question also defend themselves by nothing that several of the individuals whom Danilewitz names are themselves Jews. This point, however, is irrelevant. Arguing that Jews cannot discriminate against other Jews is an extremely weak and historically uninformed argument. Moreover, it does not address Danilewitz's main point: that these discussions should not have occurred...

Author: By Adam J. Levitin, | Title: How Jewish Is `Too Jewish'? | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

While one waits for the main course, the restaurant provides two oft-over-looked amenities: the "`clean', `clear' filtered water for your drinking pleasure," as the menu says, as well as the filtered air, courtesy of the luxuriant circulation system...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: passage to india | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

...Club moves slowly at 8 a.m. on a Tuesday morning. A few guests drink coffee under 18th-century oil portraits in the ground floor Reading Room. A buffet is spread on a large table in one of the three main dining rooms, where breakfasters sit beside potted palm trees...

Author: By Caitlin E. Anderson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Salmon, Sherry and Tradition | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

President Clinton is "pleased," Paula Jones is "tearful," and Ken Starr is just doing his job, m'am. One day after Susan Webber Wright threw out the sexual harassment suit of the decade, all of the main players have had a shot at spinning the story. For the White House, it's a fully fledged vindication of Bill Clinton that puts pressure on Ken Starr to wrap up his Lewinsky investigation. Starr insists it has "no effect on our authority." And for Jones spokeswoman Susan Carpenter-McMillan, the ruling is a travesty that declares "open season on women here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Paula | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

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