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As Republicans crank up the election machinery for the next congressional election, a small group of congressmen are feeling a particular pang: Should they honor the pledge they made in 1994, in conjunction with the failed term-limit plank of the Contract with America, to quietly exit in 2000? At...
Lewis also said he wasn't optimistic about the potential effect of the council's $25,000 pledge.
"We're certainly not putting all our eggs in FLA's basket--we need to do more than FLA offers," he said. "We are just signing our name to a pledge that we hope works out."
The council's action was symbolic--the University will co-fund the student center. If we can win University funding this way, why not pledge some of the money to a charitable cause in the same manner? I realize that the council tries to allocate money as Harvard students wish...
But after reading the University's pledge, another protestor, Eleanor I. Benko '02, expressed her concerns.