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...understandable. Except for the announcement of the running mate, today's conventions are indeed about as unpredictable as a pregame locker-room speech, all hype and balloons and no suspense. We know who wins. We only hear what the party planners decide we should. And news organizations are starting to wonder whether they should keep playing along. NBC will leave the bulk of the coverage to sister MSNBC; CBS would probably be better off with 'Survivor' reruns, akin to MNF's August 15 game, Tennessee vs. St. Louis, a rerun of last year's Super Bowl. At least next January...
Things get really interesting when fast connections and smart set-top devices mate, turning your TV into what is essentially a cheap computer (or your computer into a pricey TV). In the past, broadcasting always involved watching what the networks offered when they offered it. In the future, you'll tell your TV to capture your favorites--49ers games, Happy Days reruns--whenever and wherever they're on, to watch on your own schedule. Or maybe your TV will tell you what to watch. Using the same sort of software Amazon uses to custom-recommend books, your TV will...
...Netting more than twice as many votes as any other candidate, Fentrice D. Driskell '01 wins the Undergraduate Council's top spot and her running mate John A. Burton '01 grabs the council's vice presidency. An election referendum also slashes the council to nearly half its current size and defeats efforts to increase student fees that go to the council...
...Burton and his presidential running mate Fentrice D. Driskell '01 were riding high after clobbering the competition in the December elections. Burton took 400 votes more than his closest opponent. Council watchers proclaimed that Driskell and Burton would reverse the conservatism of past presidents Noah Z. Seton '00 and Beth A. Stewart '00 and inaugurate a new era of liberal activism...
...Fentrice D. Driskell '01 wins the Undergraduate Council's top spot, along with her running mate John A. Burton '01. The election also decreases the Council to nearly half its current size and defeats efforts to increase the $20 student termbill fee, proceeds of which go directly to the council...