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...sunset...It just epitomizes being thankful.”“That’s what he says when he wants to get girls,” Anene adds jokingly.‘DEMAND A CHANGE’Anene and De Beausset have both worked to bring about reform while at Harvard.Though their campaign slogan reads “Demand a Change,” the two have often taken different approaches in instituting reform.Anene, an Eliot resident who says he was an “all-American kid” in high school, was elected...
...unique experience and skill necessary to realize their ambitious agenda. We enthusiastically endorse Hadfield and Goldenberg for president and vice president of the UC.Hadfield and Goldenberg, who are Crimson editorial editors, promise to lead a more dynamic, accountable, and professional UC. After a year dominated by structural reform and internal debate, the UC needs to refocus its efforts on delivering results for the students of Harvard College. Hadfield and Goldenberg’s agenda will do just that.Unlike their rivals, Hadfield and Goldenberg see that the UC has vast untapped potential for independent action. They will create a UC that...
...developing nuclear weapons, Abe seems unwilling or unable to rein in cabinet ministers who keep raising the unpopular issue. While Japanese are panicking over the decay of the educational system, Abe's answer is to push through a bill calling for a more patriotic curriculum. "The public wants education reform, but not anything like Abe is promoting," says Jeff Kingston, a professor of Japanese history at Temple University's Tokyo campus. "This is gesture politics, rather than substance...
...Even the gestures seem to be giving the wrong message, as when Abe last week allowed his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to reinstate 11 of 12 members banished last year after voting against former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's postal-reform program. Though they pledged to toe the party line, their readmission sent a signal that the LDP's commitment to reform may be halfhearted. "It will hurt us badly," says Taro Kono, assistant chairman of the LDP's policy-research council. "Abe is seen as a weak leader." At least Bono likes...
...hope to win the presidential race. Hwang has said that he intends to prevail and subsequently to dismantle the UC. While Gillis has said that victory is not his first priority, he adds that winning would give him the "political capital" to implement his proposals for UC structural reform. He has vowed to transfer the presidency to rival candidate Ryan A. Petersen '08 and to transfer UC administrative tasks to rival Tom D. Hadfield '08. The Crimson apologizes to both the Gillis and Hwang campaigns...