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...propping a door open in their room,” Sundquist said. “That’s a local issue that can easily be dealt with at a house level.”BURDEN OF ‘PERSUASION’One key reform is a new standard for guilt before the Ad Board.Right now, no formal threshold exists by which the board should decide whether or not a student should be punished. Next year, the board will have to be “sufficiently persuaded” of guilt in order to exact penalties, Sundquist said.Such...
...scene: a packed auditorium at a major Cairo university. The speaker: a leader in the U.S. government, with a compelling personal story. The message: American foreign policy is "idealistic." The world should embrace the "challenge of listening," while seeking "a new standard of justice for our time." The impact: not much...
...brings a great intellect and strong leadership capabilities to the position of the ranking member. The Republican leadership of the Armed Services Committee could not be in better hands." - Representative Duncan Hunter, on being succeeded by McHugh as ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee. (The Syracuse Post-Standard...
...Stop, oh stop it." -On learning he'd been named one of Capitol Hill's "50 most beautiful people" by the Hill newspaper in 2006. He was the oldest honoree. (The Syracuse Post-Standard, July...
...only percentage I pay attention to is to make sure I vote what my constituents want 100% of the time." -Responding to a Congressional Quarterly report calling him one of the 10 most independent members of the House (The Syracuse Post-Standard, March 12, 2008) Read TIME's 2-Min. Bio of Phil Spector. Read TIME's 2-Min. Bio of Roxana Saberi...