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...useful, because whoever ended up winning would be able to claim just one semester as leader of SAC instead of two. In a presidential campaign, neither would be able to point to the year of experience—or the year’s worth of SAC reforms??that made the position such a pearl in the past.But that didn’t stop the race from being a heated one. Gadgil snagged it after a week of intense campaigning, becoming the first female SAC chair since 1997 and throwing a wrench in any presidential plans Haddock...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inside UC Politics: No Clear Path to the Top | 10/12/2005 | See Source »

...enthusiasm for the free market. Concentrating on such ostensible reforms as the Mexican Revolution, economic nationalism, and the liberalizing policies of the 1990s, the book establishes that Latin America’s statist culture has stifled economic growth by limiting individual rights. Far from liberation, these “reforms?? meant that “ownership changed hands while property rights remained in the hands of the government...

Author: By Adam N. Khedouri, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BOOKENDS: Diagnosing the Madness of Things Latin American | 4/27/2005 | See Source »

...retaliation, the Ivy League instituted several self-mandated reforms??including the ever-popular Academic Index—and refused to allow its teams to participate in the postseason...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KING JAMES BIBLE: Presidents Need To Drop the Grudge | 11/9/2004 | See Source »

...devastatingly sedentary lifestyles have left the health of our youth in dangerous shape. But banning soft drink contracts from schools will not make children healthier; it is the responsibility of parents and young people on their own to monitor consumption habits. More sweeping cultural changes—and active reforms??are needed before America will get back on track toward a healthy future...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: A Sticky Situation | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

...first decade of Communism, Russia reversed from being the world’s largest grain exporter to the largest importer. Output plunged such that 7 million Russians starved while another 10 million were narrowly saved by Western donations. Similar mass starvation followed socialized “land reforms?? in Eastern Europe, China and post-colonial Africa...

Author: By Richard T. Halvorson, | Title: The Odd Couple | 2/25/2003 | See Source »

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