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Based on the arguments about downsizing at Harvard, one might think that across the Ivy League, all student governments had "deadweight" to cut from a large membership, but this is not the case. Twenty students represent an undergraduate population of 4,000 on the Columbia College Student Council and fewer than 30 students represent 12,000 undergraduates on the Cornell Student Assembly...
Ironically, as we discuss downsizing, the Dartmouth Student Assembly has worked to increase participation and interest from the student body by increasing membership from 35 to about 70 since September. As our peers at other schools know, small student government membership does not automatically lead to great credibility and effectiveness...
...council, decreased membership would be disastrous--there are already too few members serving on the council's finance committee, which is responsible for allocating close to $100,000 a year in grants. Do we really want to unduly burden members of such an important committee...
...office as a form of therapy--she thought a resignation would quicken his death--concealing the truth from the world. Half-paralyzed and nearly blind, Wilson became more rigid in a way that would affect history, refusing to compromise in order to gain Senate approval for American membership in his own creation, the League of Nations. Edith Wilson pulled off a masterful charade for the benefit of Congress and the country, becoming in the process what some called the "28th and a half" President. She skillfully arranged an early version of a photo op for a congressional delegation, propping...
...I.O.C. membership has long been a sweet deal. Its 115 members don't get paid and now must refuse gifts valued in excess of $150. But they are among the most courted humans on the planet, allowed to accept first-class plane tickets, accommodations in five-star hotels and lavish dinners from bidding cities. Salt Lake City may have taken things a step further...