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...howls of protest, and rightly so. This page has repeatedly called for student membership in the Administrative Board and a formal student role in the selection of the University president. It does not matter if a subject may have been handled by administrators in the past; the staff should uphold at all times the ability of elected students to discern what their peers want and act capably to effect it -- through formal channels, not "wish lists...
...Republicans were getting jittery. So last week Rove and other aides pulled out the green paints and brushes and set to work on Bush's environmental makeover - a series of announcements meant to add some much needed chlorophyll to the President's image. The White House said it would uphold strict regulations on lead contamination, left in place a Clinton rule expanding wetlands protection and backed a treaty banning a dozen harmful chemicals found mostly in poorer countries (but not in the U.S., which made signing it easier for Bush). Rove huddled with Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christine Todd Whitman...
Bollinger has said that his university will take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court if need be. Of course, the battle need not go that far; the divergent decisions may both be resolved by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. But we urge the courts to uphold the Harvard standard, and we wish Bollinger luck in his continued fight to keep affirmative action alive at Michigan...
...American people hear and see the facts of the case as they are, before they are euphemized and distorted. The American media has failed in its duty to uphold integrity and honesty in its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We simply ask that this journalistic ethic be restored...
...there's any violation of the law, of course they'd be obliged to uphold it," he says. "They're Cambridge police officers...