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When the council begins to engage the student body actively, it begins to regain some of its lost legitimacy among the administration. "I don't take the [council's] vote as a representative vote," remarked Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 last year. "The people who are casting [council] votes do not have to represent those who elect them." But what would our Dean say if the council's recommendation had roots in a significant campus-wide dialogue? By allowing administrative policy to become subject to greater student scrutiny, the council could do more to effect changes than...
Another advantage may be his race. Though Asian Americans make up only 6% of the state's registered voters, they could be a deciding factor in a close race with low turnout--if they vote as they did in June's open primary, when Fong took 3 out of 4 Asian voters, many of them "crossover" Democrats motivated more by ethnic pride than ideology. "Asian Americans can only think of themselves as a swing vote in a very close election," says Bruce Cain, a political scientist at the University of California, Berkeley. "But this appears to be that kind...
...Asian vote is expected to be 10% of California's electorate by 2000. Nevertheless, it cannot be courted as if it were a single-minded bloc. Says Stewart Kwoh, executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles: "There hasn't been a stand taken by either the Democrats or the Republicans that has unified Asian Americans behind one party." If Asian-American voters share one thing, it's a predilection toward socially moderate, pro-business pragmatism, which is what Asian-American Democrats like Governor Locke have in common with Asian-American Republicans like Lim and Fong...
...interview with Premiere magazine, Danes, who apparently possesses a keen nose, recalled that the city "smelled of cockroaches." In an earlier interview, she referred to the city as "ghastly and weird." The proud members of the Manila city council could take no more. In a 23-to-3 vote, they agreed to ban all movies in which Danes appears. Philippine President Joseph Estrada said she "should not even be allowed to set foot" in the country. Danes issued a statement saying her comments were misunderstood, but the actress, who just began her freshman year at Yale, may want to consider...
...liberal Democrat in the '60s. During the '80s I was an independent and even voted for several Republicans. But all that is now ended. The way Republicans and their partisan politics have completely destroyed due process and engaged in a McCarthy-like destruction of our President, guilty or not, is deplorable. In this coming election, for the first time in my life, I will vote along party lines rather than for individuals. I'm voting for anyone but a Republican! JOSHUA TOUBER Venice, Calif...