Word: petitioners
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A petition drive for Waldheim's resignation has obtained more than 2000 signatures, including those of most leading intellectuals, according to an employee of the news magazine Profil. The magazine printed the first 1496 signatures on three pages in yesterday's issue.
Arizona Governor Evan Mecham has attained what most politicians only dream of: nationwide name recognition. In his case, it has been a painful accomplishment. Already lampooned as a right-wing ideologue and bigot, the Governor again made headlines last Friday when the Arizona house voted to hold an impeachment trial...
Last summer he branded the recall movement as the work of a "few homosexuals and dissident Democrats." He toned down his rhetoric after more than 300,000 voters signed the recall petition.
Last spring, several undergraduate organizations led by divestment activists conducted a campus-wide petition drive to insist that the University's chief governing body hold an open meeting between students and Corporation members. The even-man body rejected the request but agreed to a closed meeting with a select group...
Jay Hodos '89, who was among the petition drive's leaders last year as a member of the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (SASC), says of the invitation, "It's a big victory, but it's still not what we wanted, and it's still not enough."