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Harvard may very well benefit from giving the council a larger budget, and we strongly support many of the initiatives the fee increase might fund. But until proponents of the increase define their plans, reform the council’s structure and guarantee the necessary financial aid, they should not count on widespread student support...
...major cause of irritation was the cancellation of yesterday’s Faculty meeting. Although it was called off because the Committee on Calendar Reform had not produced its report in time for this month’s meeting, many wished to use the time to discuss instead the major issues facing FAS over the coming years—the curricular review and the move to Allston. As one tenured professor put it, “[It was] clear the Faculty wanted to keep talking at the end of the December meeting. And Kirby asked a bunch of questions...
...December ? A former human-rights lawyer, Roh narrowly wins election, aided by a boost from anti-American sentiment among younger Koreans and from voters' pent-up desire for reform...
...Democratic luminaries like Sandy Berger, Richard Holbrooke, Joe Biden and George Mitchell are among those whom Kerry speaks with regularly, and his advisers believe all would be on the short list for Kerry's National Security Adviser or Secretary of State. Advisers also say Kerry's commitment to intelligence reform would require picking a Republican Secretary of Defense to win Capitol Hill's support in the inevitable battle with the Pentagon, which controls 90% of the spy budget. They have floated John McCain's name as a contender. --By Massimo Calabresi. With reporting by Douglas Waller/Washington
Still, a Justice Department probe may be in the offing, and it won't be the only one aimed at Republicans. The FBI is investigating whether Michigan Republican Representative Nick Smith was offered a bribe to support the Medicare reform bill. Smith alleged in November that unnamed G.O.P. Congressmen offered to donate $100,000 to his son's campaign for the House if he backed the bill. (He now says he got only a vague offer of "significant financial support...