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Nixon's dead, Carter and Ford are piddling around as retired folk, Reagan barely remembers that he was once president, and Bush is busy grooming his successor to the throne. While we impatiently wait for Clinton to finish his office antics and half-listen to the presidential candidates of 2000 talk about their visions, what about our own past student presidents? FM recently caught up with a few past student government presidents (you know, it wasn't always called the Undergraduate Council), figured out what they're doing now and discussed their experiences while in office...
...long time had little use for George W. Bush. A media consultant based in Austin, Texas, McKinnon had toiled for Democratic candidates for years, and once he nearly took a job with Bill Clinton. In 1990 he helped Ann Richards become Texas Governor, and he regarded her successor with partisan suspicion. But McKinnon, 44, was won over after a dinner with Bush in 1997. He went to work producing the TV ads for the Governor's landslide re-election campaign in 1998, and is now running Bush's media campaign for President. McKinnon's party switch still appalls many Democratic...
Indeed, with the humanitarian stakes in Chechnya as high as they are, the world must be able to respond to the Chechen conflict in an informed and intelligent manner. The Russian government may be concerned about creating a favorable image before Yelstin's successor is elected next year, and it may be concerned with regaining lost pride after a decade of impotence. But, as citizens of a nation that purports to uphold democratic ideals, the Russian people have a right to the truth about what is happening in Chechnya...
...true believer. In an age when not only belief in God but belief itself brings a smirk to hip, jaded faces, this is a film out of time, the most devout movie in a modern setting since Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), and a worthy successor to The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese's 1988 parable of doubt purified into faith. Love Dogma or dismiss it, but don't condemn the film for what it isn't. As Ben Affleck, one of the zillion-dollar stars in this $10 million film, says...
However, this issue is one that the council must discuss with care. They cannot simply ship Healy out without creating the impression of a negative working atmosphere for his successor. And Healy has an impressive record to rest upon, having made Cambridge one of the best-run cities in the country. If he continues to work as city manager it is important that the council and manager cooperate on civil terms. The council has as much to lose from Healy's experience as they do to gain from the sort of "rubber-stamp" city manager some of its members desire...