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...student section roared. A Division II squad until 1998, the Bobcats were 1-0 in the ECAC. The next night, they beat Dartmouth 7-5, sweeping two of the conference’s toughest teams in one fell swoop. But after the game, as Quinnipac players and coaches mingled amidst a crowd of reporters and cameras, Tobe was somber. “It was a big game for them,” he shrugged. “But it was a big game for us, too.” —Staff writer Rebecca A. Seesel can be reached...
...leak of Plame thus far. Compared to the viciously partisan investigation of former President Bill Clinton by Kenneth Starr in 1999, Fitzgerald has maintained an air of professionalism and has not let partisan pressure get in the way of his investigation. He has been thorough in his inquiries, and amidst pressure from the media and politicians alike he has leaked nothing—even though such leaks would have certainly put him in the spotlight. We can only hope that there are more honest and ethical people like him in the judicial system, and in politics at large.Yet, while...
...tragedy, of course, is that we live amidst the ruins of a functioning House system. We have mostly nominal House Masters and Senior Common Room members, and a mostly unpublicized—though decent—games system in intramural athletics (IMs). And who can forget the grossly inefficient 13 dining halls that we run precisely because of these Houses in the first place...
...preparations. No medications to combat bird flu, however, are available for purchase. Tamiflu, the one medication doctors think may be effective with avian influenza A, is no longer available for private purchases in the United States. Its Swiss maker, Roche Holding AG, said it was temporarily discontinuing shipments amidst concerns about hoarding, the Washington Post reported on Oct. 27. Deborah S. Yokoe, an infectious disease specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, said that individuals definitely should not stockpile Tamiflu. “There are lots of reasons...
...Kemal Attatürk (whose name literally means “Father of the Nation”). Many of his policies, like democratic reforms and well designed economic programs, were unequivocally positive. In fact, Turkey gave women voting rights before Spain or France, two current EU nations. Yet, amidst the decaying ruins of the once-mighty Ottoman Empire, he vanquished many other defining characteristics of the Turkish culture. In a 99.8 percent Sunni Muslim nation, the fez (conical hat worn by Muslim men) and headscarves were banned from all public buildings and cultural life in general. Just a couple...