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...Democrats just don’t have the cojones for this level of relentless obstructionism. During the Bush years, Democrats mounted many filibusters, but they were almost entirely with regard to highly partisan judicial appointments. For his major initiatives—No Child Left Behind, prescription drugs, tax cuts, the Iraq and Afghan wars, immigration—Bush received significant Democratic support. Democrats struck a deal about judicial appointments through the “gang of 14,” which smoothed the way for the confirmation of a slew of Bush appointments. There were no serious challenges...
Winthrop operates by the motto: "Keep your friends close and your frenemies closer." If you want to get to know your blockmates (and the people through the fire door, and the people those people are sleeping with, etc.), Winthrop is the place to do it. Almost all sophomores live in miniscule doubles, and residents are sometimes forced to squeeze into double bedrooms even during their senior year. But with common rooms in every suite, Winthrop lodging is ideal for forced socialization. Plus, humans bond over trauma, and if murdering a six-inch cockroach in your bedroom isn?...
...were my Datamatch results, the product of 28 questions carefully crafted by the guys I see passed out on Cabot Library couches in the middle of the day. Probably because they stayed up late playing World ofWarcraft. I glanced at the list of girls, and was surprised I knew almost none of them. The e-mail ended: “You’re under no obligation to contact the people on your list, but heck, why not?” Heck, indeed...
...04—under his belt, Weiss seems to have figured out the secret to what makes his athletes and program tick. He is a two-time EIWA Coach of the Year, and before Weiss took the reins of the program, Harvard boasted only seven-All Americans in almost eight decades. “We have a ton of respect for the coaches,” Caputo said. “They are fantastic people to be around. With our team, unlike compared to others, the coaches are mentors but also really close friends.”Weiss is concerned...
...said. “Women have been socialized into a lot of the same views that men have been socialized into.”Lam said that she herself has been guilty of bias against women.“I judge debate occasionally, and I almost find myself holding women to higher standards,” but she said she tries to take that into consideration before giving out scores.—Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Evan T.R. Rosenman can be reached erosenm@fas.harvard.edu...