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...After barely missing the title of Ivy League champions, being forced to find their place amongst the NCAA contenders with an at-large bid, and squeaking through the first round of the tournament with a double-overtime goal, the Crimson was finally stopped with a 2-1 loss at the hands of the No. 8-ranked University of South Florida. The loss finalized Harvard’s record...
...shattered one the most prominent glass ceilings in the United States. But the larger socioeconomic problems that plagued black Americans on Nov. 3 did not suddenly disappear on Nov. 5. The racism lurking in the shadows of our communities was not extinguished in a flash. Just as contented complacency amongst Obama supporters could derail his tenure in office, the belief that Obama’s election signals the final triumph over discrimination will be detrimental to future progress...
...more daunting mandates will to be to broaden the GOP's base of black voters. "I'll tell local chairmen, 'If you want to be chairman under my leadership, don't think this is a country-club atmosphere where we sit around drinking wine and eating cheese and talking amongst ourselves. If you don't want to drill down and build coalitions in minority communities, then you have to give that seat to someone who does...
TIME: What are the key issues and new ideas you want to put forward in the next two years? Boehner: It's not what I want to do; it's what our conference wants to do, and I expect that I'll lead an effort amongst our members to learn from the results of these last two years, to understand more clearly why we don't do better in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic states, upper Midwest, the West Coast ... We have a lot of learning to do before we begin to stake out those new solutions...
...have virtually no impact on the political views and ideology of their students.” The conclusive results of all three studies will hopefully lay to rest the baseless whines thrown up by conservatives whenever the youth vote is not going their way. Conservatives cite the liberal majority amongst ’60s-generation university professors today as evidence for their case, failing to differentiate correlation from causation. According to research, not only do most people form their political views by age 15, but also students are more affected by the media and their peers than by their professors...