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When asked about the current scandal surrounding Chretien and his party, Wagner replied that the decision of the Equality Forum to honor Chretien was “not political” but simply sought to commend “someone who’s done something good for our cause...
What is scary, though, is that while Wagner feels that honoring Chretien is “not political,” gay marriage is a very political issue in Canada. Despite its seemingly progressive appearance, Canada seems about to slip into more Conservative tendencies. The Sponsorship Scandal, one of the legacies of our “International Role Model,” Chretien, seeks to threaten not only the Canadian Liberal Party, but also the idea of what it means to be Canadian. The scandal threatens to remove the Liberals from government and to replace them with the increasingly popular...
This internal turmoil has escaped notice outside of Canada’s borders. This weekend Chretien will be honored as an “International Role Model” by an American organization that works to educate against homophobia. Dan Wagner ’03-‘05, a Crimson editor who currently works for the Pennsylvania Equality Forum, which is to present the award to Chretien, praises the former leader for his “defining role in gay and lesbian civil rights.” Wagner says the Equality Forum chose Chretien to receive the award because...
Anne G. Beckett ’04, Rachel S. Bloomekatz ’04, Celeste R. LeCompte ’04 and Amy C. Wagner ’04 established an Alternative Senior Gift campaign in order to raise money for the Cambridge Boys and Girls Club. Tamiko A. Tsurudome ’04, Senior Gift co-chair, claimed that the Alternative Senior Gift campaign detracted from the effectiveness of Senior Gift. The founders of the Alternative Senior Gift campaign claimed that they had no problem with students donating to both gift campaigns...
...races for mayor, the Incumbency Party captured the majority nearly everywhere. New York City's flamboyant Ed Koch joined Fiorello La Guardia (1934-45) and Robert Wagner (1954-65) as the Big Apple's only other three-term mayor in this century. Detroit's Coleman Young was re-elected to his fourth term and Cleveland's Republican Mayor George Voinovich was returned for his third term in a predominantly Democratic town. All three cities are enjoying economic revivals. Incumbent mayors also won easily in Minneapolis, Seattle, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Hartford...