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...complaint addressed by one of the proposed amendments is not, as The Crimson stated, that meetings are not posted enough in advance, but that they are sometimes not posted at all, and that the present constitution has no provision requiring the posting of agendas for the meetings. The residents of the house should know what will be discussed in house committee in advance, with the obvious exception of any new business that may arise at the meeting...
However, the major issue, which was not addressed by The Crimson, is that the television set was funded unconstitutionally. Currier's present constitution has a rule that house committee meetings must by posted 48 hours in advance, and it also has a bylaw prohibiting retroactive funding. At the last house committee meeting, held Sunday, Oct. 17, an unusually large number of voters attended. A majority of them were convinced that the funds had been appropriated after the television had been purchased and that the second meeting at which the funds were voted had not been posted. This majority then declared...
...play centers on the death of Sebastian Venable and the conflicting stories that arise out of it. Mother Venable--who was not present at the time--has one story, and Catharine Holly--her niece, who witnessed the death and who was put in a mental asylum by Venable--tells another, more offensive version. Both stories suggest that Sebastian's sexual character, not to mention sexual orientation, was some what dubious...
...negotiating team was present at the voting site to answer questions, but no formal discussion took place. The contract needed only a simple majority of teachers' votes to be approved...
...Harvard's a great team, everyone knows how talented Harvard is," Dartmouth Coach Bobby Clark said after his Big Green downed the Crimson, 2-1, Saturday in Hanover, N.H. "At present though, maybe they're having a problem coping with the past two seasons. They just didn't look as confident or as fluid this year...