Monday, April 22, 1996 Flurry of environmental activity can’t erase past Congressional recordBy Diane MacEachern This year’s anniversary of Earth Day may be marked by an unusual level of activity from an unlikely troupe of "environmentalists" Â anti-environment members of Congress who have spent the last year systematically knocking the teeth out of the laws and policies that protect our air and water and safeguard our natural resources, and who now face re-election by an electorate that is decidedly pro-environment. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Planting trees or future votes?
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Republican leader misleading
Monday, April 22, 1996 Divide and conquer campaign won’t lure voters for electionsBy Darrin Hurwitz It is ironic, considering the Republican Party’s record on education these past two years, that state party Executive Director John Peschong would even consider organizing any sort of youth or college campaign this fall ("Taking California by storm of ideas," April 18). Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Cutting the welfare safety net
Monday, April 22, 1996 Reform system, push harder to get recipients working In the winter of 1995, I joined a community service program that provided tutoring to adults at a local welfare site. Read more...
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April 21, 9:00 pm
Letters
Monday, April 22, 1996Choking the chicken Editor: The Undergraduate Students Association Council wants to raise students’ fees by 75 cents in order to fund student groups who say they’ll lobby the university for  get this  lower reg fees ("Undergraduate council lobbies to raise reg fees," April 10). Read more...
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April 18, 9:00 pm
End of hunger strike only the beginning
Thursday, April 18, 1996 Columbia University student activists vow to fight for Ethnic Studies implementationBy Daniel Gonzalo Alarcón The hunger strike at Columbia University is over. Read more...
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April 18, 9:00 pm
Political learnings determine justice in Kerkchoff Hall
Thursday, April 18, 1996 Undergrads should question validity of their representativesBy Erica Mannard As it does every Tuesday, the Undergraduate Students Association Council (USAC) convened last week to discuss business, programs and yes, the ever-popular topic: Student Judicial Board Justice Noah Hochman. Read more...
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April 18, 9:00 pm
Ticking away at history
Thursday, April 18, 1996 Time is a complex, nonlinear web of discontinuity Sleeping alone is no fun. That is to say, I miss my dogs and cats. Read more...