...to lawmakers and allow Ventura to wash his hands of the standoff. Steven Schier, chairman of the political science department at Carleton College in Northfield, said Ventura now has an opportunity to take the high ground. He can use his bully...

...can't spend the money here when he has other serious needs," said Steve Schier, who leads the Political Science Department at Carleton College in Northfield. "In the past two weeks, Gore's been retrenching into a relatively few baskets...

...country, so Minnesota seems to have joined the mainstream," said Steve Schier, who chairs the political science department at Carleton College in Northfield. "We view this president pretty close to the way everyone else does." Larry Jacobs...

...heading into an election year. "Everyone's up in 2002," said Steven Schier, chairman of the political science department at Carleton College in Northfield. "I think that's a major factor impeding progress here." While any election year...