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...there no room left in the NCAA for a collegiate soccer player who unwittingly broke a rule so trivial neither her coaches nor administrators knew...
...variety of things which make running the college more difficult. However, the fact remains that we pay for our education. The students pay the Registrar's salary and the ultimate purpose of the Office of the Registrar is to serve the students' educational needs. If a students makes a trivial mistake which costs nothing to correct, they have a right to expect service. I knew, these are strong words, but to students who so often must simply accept without question university requirements, and who work to pay for their tuition, this is significant financial and ethical issues. Jon Berner...
Still, some details are far from trivial. A year ago, Reagan admitted to groups of Senators and Congressmen that he had only recently learned that the Soviets were so heavily dependent on land-based missiles. He conceded that it was no wonder that the Soviets rejected as lopsided his original strategic arms control proposal, which urged that Moscow's land-based missiles be sharply cut back. Equally startling was Reagan's suggestion, at a news conference in May 1982, that sea-launched missiles are less dangerous than land-based missiles because they can be recalled after firing (they...
...possibility existed, though, that these apathetic Democrats--and even some who voted for Reagan in 1980--would support Mondale if he only appeared a valiant campaigner, a champion of the common man, of the decent man, of civil rights, or trivial pursuits. It didn't matter which--just for him be the champion of something...
Though Moon has a compelling argument that the scope of his work makes the $25,000 the government was pursuing seem trivial, he was proved guilty; and the list of his expenditures does seem rather secular. Nonetheless, the issue of selective prosecution remains-why research the Unification Church for five years? Prosecutor Devita contends that the seemingly extraordinary measures clothe a very simple tax case, and stresses that there is no reason for concern that legitimate church activity will be prosecuted because of this case, whether the religions are orthodox, unorthodox, or whatever...