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...which has its exam on January 20, contacted the Registrar about rescheduling the exam, he received an e-mail detailing the policy, which he forwarded on to his students and which was obtained by The Crimson. “FAS will be holding exams as scheduled. For individual student requests of this nature, the student would have to present their request to the Administrative Board via their Resident Dean,” wrote Jampa Ghapontsang, the assistant manager of exams for FAS. “We do know that a student without an invitation to the inauguration had petitioned...
...normal times, the request would be superfluous. International aviation law and a separate bilateral agreement between Spain and the United States both require all airports in the two countries to permit emergency landings. But the flights the Spanish note refers to were far from normal. The year was 2002 and the U.S. Air Force was transferring Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners from Afghanistan to a U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay. Washington wanted to know if Spain could help...
Just hours after Spain's foreign affairs ministry communicated its assent to the U.S. embassy request on January 11, 2002, a flight took off from a military base in Moron, in southern Spain. "From our investigation using Portugal's registry, we know that the plane originated in Kandahar, landed at Moron, crossed Portuguese air space, and continued on to Cuba," says Beltran. "The 23 people onboard inaugurated Guantanamo...
...attend the crowning event of Barack Obama. More specifically, the notion being tossed around that the moving of government exams has a particular salience is a futile fighting point in the campaign. Just because one is enrolled in a government class does not grant one an increased mandate to request the chance to attend this national event. There are numerous students equally as passionate about the political landscape who are not in government classes. Furthermore, the administrative Registrar’s Office organizes the exam schedule, not the professors of the College. The subject matter being taught does not?...
...concrete steps toward the transparency and student advocacy we would like to see the Ad Board emulate. First off, the Board permits students to opt for open hearings—a sharp contrast from the Ad Board’s closed proceedings. While the SFJB may vote such a request down by a two-thirds majority vote, even allowing students the option of public hearings provides a healthy counter to the perception of opacity that plagues the current Ad Board. Moreover, the SFJB mandates both graduate and undergraduate students to serve on the Board itself. While questions of confidentiality...