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...second highlight of Hyman's tenure has been the assurance of popular elections of the president and vice-president next fall. We find the whole idea of intra-council executive elections downright incestuous. The campus is certainly able to select its own leaders. Council executives are the public servants of the students from whom the council itself derives authority and funding. The decentralization of control from the council to students is a step in the right direction--a democratic...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Hyman's First Term Successful | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

...mail was sent out to the members of my committee by one of the men with whom I was in conflict, "mak[ing] a special note that whether she would lik [sic] to announce it or not, Liz currently has a relationship with the [Select Committee on Undergraduate Requirements] leader and probable Core Committee appointee." My personal relationship with another Council member was, for him, a prime example of the "personality politics going on in the UC." But who was really playing those "personality politics...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Haynes, | Title: Taking on the U.C. Penarchy | 2/28/1996 | See Source »

Avoiding much of the political infighting surrounding the failure of the Cambridge City Council to select a mayor for the past seven weeks, Councillor and former Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 spoke about his life experiences and how they have shaped his political views...

Author: By William E. Rehling, | Title: Reeves Talks of Experiences | 2/21/1996 | See Source »

...candidate himself emphasized that the ultimate goal of the primary campaign is to select a candidate who is better than Clinton...

Author: By David L. Greene, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Experience, Endorsements Help Dole Gain Supporters | 2/20/1996 | See Source »

YOUR ARTICLE ILLUSTRATED A MAJOR problem in the way we select the American President. Many voters tend to concentrate on a single issue and choose for office a candidate who embodies that lone ideal. However, the President has many roles to play, and when a candidate is selected because he embraces a certain policy, he can disappoint the public on other, less prominent policies. Single-issue voters are often surprised by the direction things take after they vote a President into office, when they learn his entire agenda. JOSEPH ROTUNDA San Antonio, Texas Via E-mail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 19, 1996 | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

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