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...election—held during reading period, at an inconvenient time of day—I lost to Capp by a vote of 22-20. I am not so vain to think that all those 20 votes were cast because of some characteristic I possess; surely some were protests against the duplicitous actions of the current administration. But I am just as certain that numerous votes were cast for Capp simply so that there would be someone—anyone—serving as vice president over the summer...
According to the U.S. Constitution, Native American tribes on reservations possess the right to form their own government, to enforce laws—both civil and criminal—and to license and regulate activities. Limitations on tribal powers of self-government are few, and include the same limitations applicable to state governments...
This dilemma is tractable if we can just have the will to get past the rhetoric and politics and focus on solutions that might really work. Does Harvard possess...
It’s hard to know what to say to either of these people. It’s rare, I imagine, that owners of vandalized property get to question the vandals, and rarer still that when they do the only power they possess is the ability to ask nicely for reprieve. I expect that “Unknown Core” won’t bother us anymore—ultimately, they (college students themselves, if I understood them correctly) sympathized with our frustrations. And if we’re ever attacked by someone with more political intentions...
...game of diplomatic poker is, of course, profoundly unpredictable. But it's likely that he'll resist the temptation to turn over his hole card by revealing conclusively that he does indeed possess weapons of mass destruction. The more probable outcome is that, through the six-party talks or some other vehicle, the frustrating diplomatic game will continue. "At some point, we are going to have to assess where we are and look for other measures" beyond the six-party talks, says Hill. "I am not prepared to say precisely when that will...