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...Mather House Committee (HoCo) is partially to blame for Cambridge’s rash action. After applying for a permit that allowed a party for 400 guests, according to HoCo representatives, the House sold 300 to 400 extra tickets. But they did not provide adequate crowd control, allowing hundreds of wet and wild scantily clad undergraduates and prefrosh to stream out into the cool night air. But the mistakes of one House on one night should not damage the social opportunities for the entire undergraduate population...
...students, the Cambridge Licensing Commission made their decision hastily, and University officials did not even know about it. If the Commission indeed failed to notify the school of its decision, it was an extraordinarily sneaky move. After all, it was only after Mather HoCo tried to apply for another permit that the decision was revealed. A change that so immediately affects undergraduate life should not be made without adequate discussion. The Commission should have instead consulted the University to work towards a compromise whereby houses are forced to follow adequate safety procedures and more carefully monitor crowds but can hold...
...said it is typical for the public to find out about construction plans only when the University seeks a building permit from the city...
...Many top Indonesian generals also long to regain their once-preeminent role in government and policy making, which eroded significantly after the 1998 fall of Suharto. The military of late has already been reasserting itself as senior generals helped author a bill now before Parliament that, if passed, would permit them to act without presidential approval. Trials for the killing and pillaging in East Timor in 1999 and the 2002 murder of Papuan independence movement leader Theys Eluay failed to hold any top military brass accountable. (Army chief Ryamizard Ryacudu said the soldiers convicted of killing Theys deserved medals instead...
...December 2002, the Bush Administration issued its National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction. This document reiterated a line that had been used on other occasions over the previous year by President Bush: “We will not permit the world’s most dangerous regimes and terrorists to threaten us with the world’s most destructive weapons.” This strong language (“We will not permit…”) is meant to signal Washington’s determination to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction?...