Word: selecter
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Following up on a meeting with a select group of undergraduates last year, the Harvard Corporation asked for a closed meeting with Undergraduate Council and House Committee members on March 9. Council Chairman Evan J. Mandery '89 said yesterday...
...invitation comes 15 months after the Corporation rejected a campuswide petition signed by more than 1100 students--and led by divestment activists--that asked for an open meeting with the seven-man body. In response, the Corporation offered to meet with a select group of undergraduates. A group of eight students from the Undergraduate Council and the House Committees met with the Corporation last April on the condition that the meeting be restricted to discussing the possibility of holding an open meeting in the future...
...think I've broken any law" or obstructed justice, Mecham told the House select committee...
...disciplinarian like the football coach, or someone else with a touch of intimidation, until they have shaped up for re-entry into regular classes. "This way, getting kicked out is not a free ride," he explains. Alexander, along with Secretary Bennett and others, also believes in allowing youngsters to select their schools. In Memphis, for example, students can pick any school in the city. "Once they have made a choice, you know they want to be there," he says...
Nonetheless, the intentions of those who created this monster were honorable. Since the beginning of this century, progressives have fought for primaries as the most representative way of choosing the delegates who would select the party's ticket. What evolved was a mixed system. Candidates who needed to prove their electoral clout or show strength in a certain region could enter a few well-chosen primaries; those with established reputations generally would ignore them. The real decisions were made by back-room coalitions assembled at the convention. John Kennedy, for example, entered the West Virginia primary to prove he could...