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...just want to emphasize this point. People will help one another if they believe it matters. People will vote, for crying out loud, if they think it matters. This is truly a revolution for democracy and human rights, and, as you said, it's just getting started. Galen Panger Stanford, California...
...three other candidates at the front of the pack at this point in the search, only one—Stanford Provost John Etchemendy—has issued a similarly strong denial...
Etchemendy wrote in an e-mail in September that he had "no intention or desire to leave my current position, which I believe is the best position in higher education." He told The Stanford Daily last weekend, "My feelings haven't changed," adding, "I'm sure there are equally qualified and much more appropriate candidates for the position...
...consultation with computer scientists at Stanford University and elsewhere, Congressman Holt, a Democrat and former professor of physics at Swarthmore College, has drafted a bill requiring that all e-voting machines come equipped with a device that produces a printed receipt showing a voter his or her choices before disappearing into storage, to be retrieved in the event of a recount. That bill is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill, thanks, Holt's office says, to the emergence of "concrete proof" of e-voting's shortcomings. Exhibit A is the so-called Princeton Report, published in September...
...Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy echoed that sentiment, saying that while “it is flattering that my name is mentioned in connection with the Harvard presidency,” he has “no intention or desire to leave my current position, which I believe is the best position in higher education.” Though the statement leaves one wondering whether Etchemendy would rather be Stanford’s provost than Stanford’s president, his denial also leaves little wiggle room...