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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Looking at the council constitution and bylaws, it appears that the president's only responsibility is to appoint committee chairs. But administrative functions are a large part of the 20 to 25 hours current council President Noah Z. Seton '00 says he spends on council business every week...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beyond the Gavel | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...should be allowed to openly serve, but rather said that the military should just enforce the policy as it had been intended upon its inception in 1994. That policy says that commanders cannot ask about a soldier's sexual orientation without specific evidence of homosexual conduct; soldiers for their part are allowed to serve as long as they keep their sex lives private. But the policy's many critics charge that this is not a realistic assessment of what happens in the barracks and that the policy actually creates a poisonous atmosphere of suspicion and deceit within the ranks. Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Pins 'Don't Ask' Failure on Top Brass | 12/12/1999 | See Source »

Operating under the theory that your palms can't be greased if you don't hang out with the greasers, International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch on Sunday easily pushed through the hardest part of his recent batch of reform proposals: keeping IOC members from making financially tempting visits to cities looking to host the games. Many reluctant members grumbled that such a ban implied they couldn't be trusted, although one might think that the haul that several of their former colleagues extorted out of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee - which included silver, scholarships for their kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Hosting Is No Longer a Contact Sport | 12/12/1999 | See Source »

Vanin had failed to show up at forums on violence and take part in dialogue with students, according to Brooslin...

Author: By Graeme C. A. wood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UMass-Amherst Student Admits to Lying in Report of Campus Attack | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...considered the "gay plague," still carries a stigma, and that could scare many HIV-positive people away from putting their names in a database. They may not be reassured by the CDC recommendation that states make it a felony to release the names of HIV patients. "This is all part of a larger issue of privacy versus the ability to track and help prevent a disease," notes TIME science writer Christine Gorman. "And the privacy concerns are greatly heightened in the case of HIV." Which forces HIV and gay advocacy groups to confront the burning question: Which do you value...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why a Fed Anti-HIV Plan Is Ruffling Feathers | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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