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Michael Grunwald's analysis of wasteful farm-commodity programs and farm-bill politics was right on the money, but his assertion that the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (SAC) "dropped its opposition [to the House farm bill] for scraps" was false [Nov. 12]. SAC celebrated the House Agriculture Committee's increased funding for organic and value-added programs mentioned in the story. But we characterized these and related measures as "small steps forward." As a whole, we said the House bill moved in reverse with its substantial weakening of commodity-program payment limitations and the gutting of the landmark Conservation Security Program...
...When, a few years back, the Undergraduate Council (UC) decided that students should be able to room with whomever they wanted, regardless of sex, they followed standard operating procedure. One representative wrote up a lengthy proposal and submitted it to the UC’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC). Voted on favorably, it passed to the UC Executive Board for their blessing, then to the full Council for final approval. Then on to University Hall, where someone in the Dean’s Office put it on the agenda for the Committee on House Life (CHL). CHL then created...
...Fortunately, we peons have our cunning UC advocates to defend our bureaucratic birthright. “The Faculty has placed in [UC-appointed committee members] the responsibility for recommending to it policies related to student life and house life, respectively,” declared SAC Chair Michael R. Ragalie ’09 in an e-mail to the UC earlier this week. “Not having voting members and not taking votes masks that responsibility by incentivizing individuals to abscond from their duties in the interest of allowing the ‘consensus’ to move forward...
...others on the UC have been vocal about their ambitions for the upcoming election, and it appears unlikely that the council’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC)—the advocacy branch whose chair has gone on to win the top post in four of the past five elections—will yield a presidential candidate this year. Current SAC Chair Michael R. Ragalie ’09, who succeeded current UC President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 in that post, has insisted that he will...
...note: a dead end. The four-hour conversation, key clips of which are shown in the film, is best summarized by Levy herself, who, in exasperation, remarks that no one understood anything. At the same time, this silence seeks to encourage dialogue. By making a cul-de-sac the climax of the film, Medallia emphasizes both sides’ need to address each other’s concerns. She implies that, because the mothers at least tried to reach a conclusion, effort and hope are essential to discussion. Some viewers may feel that the film portrays an overly sympathetic view...