From the Editor-In-Chief

The recent controversy concerning the dramatics society has been interesting, and need I say, quite entertaining. The matter has been debated and discussed in the pages of this newspaper, and many of the issues raised are serious ones that merit further discussion. Others far wiser and intimately acquainted with the subject than I have weighed in and inveighed upon the topic, and it would be pointless for me to pontificate and torture the reader with my aimless musings. Yet there is a tangential issue that has arisen from it that bears thinking about.

Message From the YCSC President

Well it has been a stressful couple of months for all of us, but it is almost over. I write this letter with the knowledge that the next two weeks will be ones filled with late night studying and mass doses of caffeine. Yes, although you may think it is only you, even the smartest guys in the class cram the night before, but hey, you didn't hear it from me.

The Pollard Link

Jonathan Pollard is in the news again. His tragic story was once again thrust to the fore last October during the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at the Wye Plantation in Maryland.

At the tail end of the Wye negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that any peace deal be contingent upon Jonathan Pollard's release. President Clinton, exercising his usual brand of beguiling political savvy, mollified the Israeli camp and suggested a last-minute compromise. Clinton, bowing to the remonstrations of the intelligence community, promised to review the Pollard case at a later date. Netanyahu relented and the Pollard conviction will soon be under review.

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