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Janet Reno is, to put it mildly, in something of a quandary. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold its injunction forbidding Elian Gonzalez from leaving the U.S. caught the attorney general off guard and left her in the position she likes least in this case: having to make a decision. Where Reno had hoped the court would issue an order for the transfer of Elian to his father's custody, it refused to rule on the custody issue but upheld the right of the boy's Miami relatives to a day in court to argue their appeal...
...abortion as just another "medical procedure"--an unscientific and illogical canard of the pro-choice movement for decades--and capping their intolerant argument with a pat, predictable appeal to "diversity," the Crimson does a grave disservice both to intellectual rigor and to the journalistic standards that it claims to uphold...
...routine thing." And John Dotson recalls the band's drinking contest, in which "one member had to check into the hospital every year." These youthful indiscretions notwithstanding, trustees felt the alcohol violations of today's students had grown out of hand, especially when dealing with College requests to uphold drinking laws. "The change was taken to address certain aspects of social intercourse that were unacceptable combined with what we think is a much more acceptable platform," Dotson explains...
Concerned with the proliferation of nudity in movies and on the Web? Read on. Those detached outposts may eventually become the only venues for libidinous Americans to gaze at naked strangers. The United States Supreme Court voted six to three Wednesday to uphold an Erie, Pa., statute that requires exotic dancers to cover their unmentionables with G-strings and pasties. The Court's reasoning: "Gentlemen's clubs" are breeding grounds for criminals, and the public interest served by empowering communities to self-police outweighs the free speech considerations of complete nudity. There's reason to believe the decision spells very...
...have crew practice in the morning," Caleb J. Beyers '03 said. "We're going to bed early so we can uphold the Crimson winning rowing tradition...