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Dates: during 1960-1969
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PENN-YALE: Some of us saw last Saturday what Penn can do. We also saw what it can't do, which is a good deal. Quarterback John Brown expects to realize today his life dream: scoring a touchdown. But the Elis should score more than enough to make up for whatever Penn does in this game, which has all the glamour of the Battle of Kookamonga. Yale may have lost to Dartmouth, but that's excusable, and there isn't much chance that the Elis are feeling cocky after that loss. "Killer Joe" Massey is turning into...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennines | 11/8/1969 | See Source »

...then raised the possibility of closing Hilles Library for some of the hours it is now open to save money. Marge Schwartz, a first year graduate student, denounced Mrs. Bunting's idea, saying this might "turn the students against the workers and make both groups believe that their interests are in conflict...

Author: By Shirley E. Wolman, | Title: students Confront Mrs. Bunting | 11/8/1969 | See Source »

...order to be elected. The quota is set by dividing the total number of votes cast by the number of seats to be filled plus one. Then, add one vote to the quotient and there's the quota. The idea behind sitting the quota at this level is to make it low enough for candidates supported by a minority group to get elected, and high enough to make the elections more than a matter of chance...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: The Long Count; PR Votes in Cambridge | 11/8/1969 | See Source »

This year, about 25,000 voted in the City Council election, making the quota approximately 2500. As he almost always does, Walter J. Sullivan ran highest; he was the only candidate to make the quota from his "number ones." As an example, say Sullivan got a hypothetical total of 3750 "number ones" (slightly higher than his actual count). Thus, he is 1250 over the quota...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: The Long Count; PR Votes in Cambridge | 11/8/1969 | See Source »

...redistribution of the "surplus" of candidates who make the quota is one half of PR's reshuffling of votes; the other half is the elimination of the candidates ranking lowest at any one time, and the redistribution of their votes to "number two" candidates...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: The Long Count; PR Votes in Cambridge | 11/8/1969 | See Source »

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