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...Seven members of the Undergraduate Council (UC), which passed legislation two weeks ago in support of security guards, fasted on Wednesday in support of the ten students currently hunger striking. The politicos that fasted included UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 and Student Activities Committee Chair Mike R. Ragalie ’09. But participation has stirred controversy within the council. Petersen sent an e-mail to the UC open-list on Tuesday urging a “day of fasting by the Undergraduate Council” to legitimize the body’s support, sparking...
...move to hold student leaders accountable comes despite ongoing opposition from Undergraduate Council (UC) leadership. The UC supports the amnesty policy and the measures intended to combat hazing, according to Student Affairs Committee Chair Mike R. Ragalie ’09. But members are concerned that the policy on drug and alcohol abuse at parties is worded too vaguely and leaves club officers vulnerable to arbitrary disciplinary action...
...Mike Johnson, an attorney for the ADF, criticizes the decision as illogical: "Certainly the First Amendment has got to protect negative statements as well." Johnson views ADF lawsuits as helping public schools, rectifying what he calls the "intimidation and misinformation" that has made schools skittish about religion on campus. But the substantial cost that these and other suits impose on education has others deeply worried...
...Still, there is no reason to believe that the gun dealers who sold Virginia tech shooter Seung Hui Cho the two handguns he used in the killings were in violation of any existing law. But congressman Mike Castle (R-Del.), a moderate Republican who penned the now-lapsed Assault Weapons Ban, thinks that making sure existing laws are enforced may be the most gun-control advocates can hope for in the current political environment. After the Virginia Tech shootings, even the Democrats that now control Congress didn't seem to have much stomach for a gun-control debate that many...
...Drawing from a rich tradition of British cinematic realism, which includes directors like Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, the film has sparked controversy in its native land. England has long prided itself as an island of tolerance and freedom for newcomers, and detractors claim that Meadows' focus on an unpopular war - the film is inter-spliced with Falklands' footage - together with anti-immigrant racism lends undue emphasis to the seamier side of the country's recent past. A Sunday Times review by critic Cosmo Landesman dismissed the film's portrayal of 1980s (predominantly) white-working class as "unconvincing," railing against...