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Some say Stewart's election represented only students' realization of the council's limited potential, not a rejection of progressive politics per se. But evidence indicates otherwise. Last fall's referendum on bringing grapes back to Harvard dining halls was a further embrace of the new, cold pragmatism that has apparently set in among us. Though the debate over unfair labor practices and union organization was muddled by accusations of misinformation, at the end of the day thousands of students voted with their stomachs--an indication of their reluctance to participate in conflicts and debates beyond the Harvard sphere...
...fact that Beasley has made video poker the hottest issue in the state reflects in part a nationwide backlash against most forms of gambling: it's evident from Oklahoma, where voters in February overwhelmingly rejected a referendum to bring casino gambling to the state, to Michigan, where voters may have a chance this November to overturn a plan for three Detroit casinos. But much of the new resistance has focused on video gambling, which experts have called the crack cocaine of wagering because of its quick and deep hold on players. Four years ago, a statewide referendum in South Carolina...
BELFAST: The ayes have it, British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted Thursday in his bid to coax voters to deliver a resounding 'yes' on the Irish peace accord in Friday's referendum. TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand reports that anxiety over a "no" vote had increased after the initial euphoria over the deal gave way to mounting fear in the Protestant community -- spooked by the dire warnings of rejectionists -- that the early release of convicted IRA terrorists would set killers loose among them. Blair was at pains to reassure voters today to stress that parties committed to violence would...
...fill out comment cards often receive a phone call or e-mail message the very next day. In fact, the recent addition of a frozen yogurt machine in Annenberg was largely due to such feedback by first-years. Events as diverse as the "Cookie Tasting" and "Great Grape Referendum" were also commendable efforts to rely on the student voice...
...ballot measure. Supporters of 226 say it's a fairness issue. Why should union members have to finance campaigns for candidates or ideas that the workers may not support? In recent years some California unions have backed the controversial initiative to legalize medical marijuana and opposed the popular referendum on illegal aliens. "This is one of those issues, like term limits, racial preferences and tax reform, that can't move through Washington, so it's moving through the states," says Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform...