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...should stand at the forefront of debates leading up to polls, articulating their views and informing students. Otherwise, polls risk simply aggregating the ignorance of students on most UC issues. We elect UC representatives to be both experts and representatives. While we do not want a UC out of tune with students, we would be more concerned by a student government run entirely by referenda...
...evidence has emerged to suggest that the Shockeys or Lewis have violated the law. Though a Republican, Shockey the lobbyist checked his loyalties enough to seek favor with key Democrats to the tune of $6,750 in campaign contributions. Much of it went to high-profile Appropriations Democrats-such as $1,000 each to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi; House panel members Patrick Kennedy and John Murtha, who would later lambast President Bush over the Iraq war; and Senator Diane Feinstein-along with the many more thousands he showered on GOP members. "This ethically challenged behavior should speak volumes about...
...mere $75 an hour, a student can get tutored in a tough academic area, hone resume-writing skills, or even practice college interviews. And in some cases, voice lessons are thrown in on the side. Farrell R. Ulrich, a senior at Chaminade College Preparatory School, heard Maats humming a tune while she was doing her Spanish homework. She asked him if he moonlighted as a singer, and he said yes. He immediately broke out into a melody, serenading Ulrich as she conjugated her verbs. “He’s a superstar,” says the wooed Ulrich...
...where were all my veil-bedecked and sinuous-bellied fellow second graders who so enthusiastically danced along to the tune of “Prince Ali! Fabulous he! Ali Ababwa!”—where were these beacons of hope for the new, tolerant and interdependent century when the CIA needed proficient Arabic speakers after 9/11...
...careers of aspiring composers like Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka and Koji Kondo in Japan. Only in his early twenties when he joined Nintendo in 1983, Kondo brought his classical training (and his love for Western rock music) to the "Mario" and "Zelda" franchises, and crafted some of the most memorable tunes to grace early consoles, even with a drastically limited palette.With only five channels of sound output, it was clear that lush instrumentation was not going to be the NES' forte. These technical restrictions of the system's sound chips proved to be the main impetus behind the emergence...