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...exciting birthday, not at all. Compared to the driving license of 16, the club opportunities of 18, the alcohol prospects of 21, the forecasts of 20 do not excite. In the words of Rebecca Windt '02, "Twenty is the age when you get a vacuum." You're too young to legally drink, but definitely old enough to vacuum. This is serious stuff. I don't want a vacuum. What would I possibly do with a vacuum? Clean? This is awful...
...celebrate, you get a vacuum...
...Inspired by the recent power drain, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is again flirting with a possible run for Governor of California. Citing a need for aggressive leadership, Schwarzenegger told the Los Angeles Times, "The bottom line is, if Davis goes on the way he is, then eventually there will be a vacuum in a year, and I could...I just leave it open." To give him a preview of the current political landscape, a fortuitously timed Premiere magazine article hits newsstands next week, alleging that Schwarzenegger has cheated on wife Maria Shriver, undergone a procedure to have pig valves installed...
...Crimson makes the fine point that "no action occurs in a vacuum." Vali, the editors argue, is to be excused and shown leniency because he was performing "nothing more than a typical college prank." How much more leniency are we to expect, then, when the offending actions are taken out of the direst economic necessity? When the actions stem from long-standing, verifiable physical addiction? Was Vali unaware of the law he was breaking? Was he not in control over what he was doing...
Legally, the Crimson has little influence over this case. However, while decisions regarding his prosecution lie with the English Language Center and ultimately with the district attorney, we implore those responsible for administering justice to be lenient. No action occurs in a vacuum, and Chandrasekaran's crime ought to be considered with the mitigating circumstance that his mischievous actions were nothing more than typical college pranks. Chandrasekaran should pay any damages incurred by the ELC because of the crime, and he should be released. He has certainly already learned his lesson, and undergraduates have been warned by his example. Nothing...