Word: presentational
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...meeting stretched on past midnight. By the time the final vote on the entire $24,000 Grants Budget was about to be made, various council members near me had commented that they did not believe a quorum existed. Despite this no member called for a count of the membership present. As Chairman Brian Offut was about to call the vote, I called "Quorum" and was immediately hissed. Although I persisted, Offut attempted to ignore me, at one point saying: "There seems to be a ringing in my ears." When he finally recognized me he angrily requested that I withdraw...
...members approached me, demanding in various tones of civility that I ask Melendez to withdraw the motion. One member even suggested that, since only those at the meeting would know whether a quorum existed, it did not matter. Obviously they feared, as I did, that not enough members were present, yet they wanted to disregard their Constitution and proceed with the meeting anyway. The hisses and angry words which I had received when calling for a quorum indicated to me that the council as a whole agreed...
...roll call found just enough members present for the meeting to continue, and I was personally relieved that the many organizations who had requested funds would be able to receive them without having to wait for the next meeting after Spring Break. Yet the victory was sour. In the belligerent manner in which I was treated for asking that the council follow its own bylaws, the Undergraduate Council proved that it was neither accountable to its constituents nor its Constitution. An elected body which has reached this state has abdicated any claim it may have ever had to legitimacy...
...checked to see if he had a record, but he was clear. He wasn't wanted at the frat house, so we asked him to leave," said Philips. His present whereabouts are unknown...
...seems that neither the present system nor any possible alternative can solve the current inequities. The idealized image of Harvard, peddled to students by the admissions office and the media, by mass and highbrow culture alike, is not an image that encompasses living at the Quad. Freshmen fears--abetted especially by the current lottery system--feed on the disastrous recognition that the Ivy Dream may lie unfulfilled, and lead thousands of people yearly to compete for a fireplace...