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...Although apartment living may seem like a breath of fresh air for students annoyed with House rules, D’Amico mentions that apartment living is not always so easy. It involves many responsibilities that the Houses automatically fulfill, she says...
...Appreciating food and community is important to me,” she says. “Although that’s done in a different way in Houses, I don’t feel like I get much out of eating in dining halls, in an anonymous, trough-style...
...University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team won their 72nd straight game, beating West Virginia by a whopping 28 points. The lopsided outcome was nothing new for this team, which has averaged a 32.5-point margin of victory during their record-setting streak. Although these juggernauts have clearly displayed their dominance in this particular season, the question remains: Are they the greatest ever? Some talking heads profess that they will be if they win the national championship at the end of this season, others doubt whether this team could contend with the 2001-2003 UConn...
...early 1980s, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre related a similar concern on a broader level; although we rate many things “good” or “bad” and pretend to operate as if we have absolute definitions these values, we in fact we have none. Therefore, in “After Virtue,” MacIntyre implores humanity to create agreed-upon laws based on rational virtues. Without such standards, issues of conflicting values reign. Sports as usual represent a microcosm of this dilemma. UConn’s team may have won more consecutive games...
...Olympics is the mecca of sporting controversy, and it is precisely because its system of values is not standardized or agreed upon. Countries compete unofficially for the highest medal count, but should total medals count more than type? Although the United States won a record 37 medals at last month’s Vancouver games, they won five fewer gold medals than Canada; should silver and bronze medals have put our nation in the lead...