Word: sacs
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...Crimson suggested a balanced view of the controversy that surrounded the staff's resignation, they also presented a misleading history of the Review and its relationship with the institute. The institute's associate director, Charles Truehart, said that the Review has "always been a creature of the SAC"--the institute's Student Advisory Committee. This remark is wrong--plainly, simply wrong. At best, it constitutes an uninformed assumption; at worst, cynical bullying...
...fears are shared by the vast majority of students who have worked in the institute during the last decade. I have recently spoken with almost every former president of the Review, as well as with numerous members of the SAC. They all agree that the SAC and the institute had no power to issue an ultimatum concerning the structure of the magazine or its editorial content. Such action is a jarring break with the past. It lacks all legitimacy, except the legitimacy that accompanies brute strength...
...understand very well the peculiar relationship the Review has had with the institute. During my tenure on both the SAC and the Review, I never heard anyone suggest that either the institute or the SAC had editorial control of the Review. The organizations were friendly neighbors, each with a keen sense of our respective boundaries. The president of the Review was a voting member of the SAC, and members of the SAC sat on the financial oversight committee of the Review to protect the institute's stake in our venture. We all understood that the SAC's financial advice...
...raise even more money, Equity Automotive will issue stock, at $1 a share, to those who contribute to the fund-raising campaign. In return, Fibercraft has promised to name a Sac City official to its board, giving the community some voice in what the plant does after it moves in. Says Anne Lubeck, who runs the Corner Store at 16th and Main: "It will be such a psychological lift. We haven't had a lot to celebrate around here for a long time...
Even as Fibercraft moves in, Sac City continues to lose other businesses. Within the past three weeks an engine-repair facility and a veterinary-supply firm closed their doors. But another manufacturer has talked about taking over the vacated quarters of a seed processor. Said City Administrator Gary Mahannah: "We're fighting a holding action until the farm economy turns around. The trick is to survive until that day comes." So far, the score is about even between Sac City and the mortgage payments that were due yesterday...