Word: needful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...civil cases like this one, eleven out of the 13 jurors need to agree to reach a verdict...
...should have a freshman orientation program that addresses acts of homophobia," Tan said. "People need to be told directly that homophobia is not acceptable in any form...
Maybe because what the council has proven that what it does best--provide student services--has absolutely no relevance to student opinion. It's completely absurd to think we need a two-week election, complete with campaign finance rules, election commissioners and debates, to choose who will lobby the College administration for the long-anticipated three-ply toilet paper. Students are right to see these elections as a farce--not because the council is incompetent, but because what it does well doesn't require a democratically elected leadership. We're being asked to vote for a bureaucrat...
...future consultants among us know, we need to think outside the box. A better way to distill student opinion into a single assembly would be to give individual, College-recognized student groups a seat on the council. It would still be an imperfect way to garner student opinion, but almost certainly more accurate than the current council structure. There is no logical reason why council representation should be assigned geographically...
...stands now, students do not respect the council, and it's unlikely any amount of frozen yogurt will change that. We need people to perform both of the council's chief duties--representing us and working to improve student services. But the two should not be consolidated into a single body when it only results in confusion and apathy...