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While it seems a bit absurd to us that the percentage of council money that goes to student groups and house committees must be debated and passed every year, this is clearly not the most important issue at stake. The argument over the referendum transcends the mere transfer of a couple of percentage points from one Undergraduate Council fund to another. At stake here is the students' voice in their government...
...life continues. Rawlins insisted last night that "there's a lot at stake here," but I'm not so sure. Is it really possible for the Undergraduate Council to change from a body filled with useless politicking to one representative of and responsive toward The People United? Who knows? Vote Monday, and maybe you'll find...
...order to pacify the area and allow the pipeline to go through, the SLORC has increased its military presence and forcibly relocated thousands of villagers. The SLORC is a partner in the Total-Unocal venture and retains the option of a stake in Texaco's consortium. U.N. Special Rapporteur Yozo Yokota made the connection between SLORC's presence and human rights abuses in 1995, stating that "forced labor, forced relocation, arbitrary killings, beatings, rapes, and confiscation of property by the SLORC are most commonly occurring in border areas where the Army is engaged in military operations or regional development projects...
...stake is the establishment of a group that would be certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which under current labor law cannot certify a union which has both guards and non-guards...
...Visions" was! I thought the election was just a contest between two political animals and that there wasn't really a helluva lot of difference between them. With your brilliantly conceived and beautifully written article [ELECTION '96, Nov. 4], I learned about everything that was at stake in the contest. At an important moment in American history, I found your report informative, uplifting and inspiring. NORMAN L. MARTIN Los Angeles Via E-mail...