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...House’s action Tuesday came amidst a flurry of litigation challenging the Solomon Amendment. In November, U.S. District Court Judge John C. Lifland, a 1957 HLS graduate, ruled that the statute is constitutional, but questioned the Pentagon’s insistence that schools waive nondiscrimination requirements for military recruiters...
...approval ratings. In the fall of 2001 and the winter of 2002, he alternated fervent celebrations of the courageous rescue workers who gave their lives with crude, reproachful generalizations directed at the loathed “towel-heads.” In the spring and summer of 2003, amidst strong popular support for the victorious commander-in-chief, he viciously lashed out at the French for failing to help us in our just war on Iraq. And today, as Bush’s triumphs past are forgotten—or debunked—the White House’s poll...
...were confronted by a barrage of posters and were sprayed with water—courtesy of Currier House. A Mather House sign read, “Puke in your own House!” while a Cabot posters state, “More Singles, More Sex.” Amidst the hoopla, the Houses also distributed their signature t-shirts to the first-years...
...Intramural sports has always been something that has drawn the entire House community together,” said Voltaire R. Sterling, a resident tutor in Cabot. He pulled for his team, playing in the A-League finals, from amidst a loud cheering section...
...giggles and rowdy line readings. But now they are firmly seated around a dinner table, their focus immersed in the performances and the improvement of their as yet imperfect accents. For the members involved in this production, there is a time for inanity and a time for gravity, and amidst the flurry of vaguely cultish behaviors, they find that clear transition...