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...precedent of squabbling over petty issues has already been established, and they see no reason to believe that the bickering will lessen as the convention considers more substantive issues. Tom Prewitt '79, a former member of CHUL and a convention member, said this week, "The dynamics of the group prevent much from being accomplished. It is just very hard to get 60 enthusiastic, interested students to agree on such a broad topic as student government. Before anything substantial will be accomplished, we all need to listen more and not just to try to drive particular points home." Prewitt says...
Convention members hesitate to specifically blame CHUL and CUE members for the inadequacy of present student government. Instead they point to structural obstacles that prevent the existing method of student representation from working effectively. "Even if the members of CHUL are doing the best job they can do, they cannot do enough," Pfeffer says. "The structure prohibits results, despite good intentions. Sitting next to important administrators and House masters is intimidating. And even if CHUL representatives try to get a feel for student opinion, it is impossible because there are so few representatives. Also, CHUL is an advisory body...
Interest Rates. Higher demand for loans and Federal Reserve Board efforts to prevent inflationary growth of the U.S. money supply are pushing up lending charges. The bank "prime" rate on business loans has jumped from 6¼% at the start of 1977 to 8% now; some Wall Streeters predict it will reach 8¾% or even 9% by year's end. The rise makes it more expensive for consumers and businesses to buy or build with borrowed cash. It could put an end to the housing boom by causing savers to pull their money out of savings banks and savings and loan...
Reluctant witnesses, who tend to disappear, thus scuttling the prosecution's case, are cajoled into court. Several prosecutors have allowed defense attorneys to look through all police evidence against the suspect in an "open file" policy, to prevent long courtroom delays for "discovery." Says Washington Attorney Charles Work, who started the program in 1975 when he was with LEAA: "These cases get the same attention they'd receive in a small town. It's not a concentration of resources against an individual. It's a simple effort to keep the important cases from falling apart...
...about 25%. New Orleans District Attorney Harry Connick, who started the first LEAA-financed career-criminal program in 1975, cites a Rand Corp. estimate that a career criminal commits 20 offenses a year. If that is true, the 992 career-criminal convictions obtained thus far in New Orleans could prevent about 198,000 crimes over the next ten years...