Word: splits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Senior writer Richard Lacayo, contributor Lance Morrow and correspondents White, Elaine Lafferty and James Willwerth shared the general-news prize for the Oct. 9, 1995, cover story, "O.J. and Race: Will the Verdict Split America?," which assessed the escalating racial rhetoric surrounding the Simpson trial...
...election of Rawlins demonstrated that the voters appreciated her numerous accomplishments; by passing over O'Mary for the more experienced Price, they also showed they would not vote on coattails alone. Electing a split ticket attests to their desire for openness on the council, rather than the agendas many pairs promised to push through. The voters exercised commendable effort in comparing personalities and visions and not simply deciding on the basis of which names were juxtaposed on the campaign posters...
...potential." In fact, just last Friday The Crimson ran a news analysis titled "Name Visibility Determines Council Race." Most students simply did not take the time to find out what each candidate thought about Core reform, student funding or other popular Council issues. By inferring that students purposely split the unofficial electoral tickets, the staff has fabricated a mythical interest in the Council's election antics...
Furthermore, the staff position is somewhat contradictory. The staff claims that voters were especially concerned with candidate's agendas. Why, then would voters choose to split the tickets, instead of simply electing the running-mates who proposed the most attractive positions? The staff attempt to resolve this dilemma by suggesting that students weighed the benefits of electing running-mates with a unified agenda against the positive aspects of more splitting the tickets to encourage "openness on the council." This tortued logic is utterly ridiculous...
Wheatley was silent on one of the club's most publicized controversies, the 1995 split--and subsequent high-profile squabbling--with the more liberal Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Alliance (HRRA...