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...Freshman hopefuls also made use of Facebook to rally supporters. They created campaign groups and events, and some candidates even took a more personal approach by “friending” every freshman in their respective constituencies. Some overzealous candidates didn’t even wait to arrive on campus, launching their online campaign in early August. As students try and make an informed choice for UC president, we can be thankful that approaches to the Presidential campaigns has been more sophisticated. This lazy brand of hyperactive self-promotion—the kind displayed by some freshman UC candidates...
...uses his personal plight to advocate for reform of the justice system.“This experience is not about me, it’s about the next man,” he said. Western said that the criminal justice system needs to move away from a punitive approach to one that focuses on reintegration for both the guilty and the exonerated. The exonerated prisoners who spoke at the event said that this reform should take the form of monetary compensation for the exonerated, more intensive DNA testing, and abolition of the death penalty.Bright said that part of this reform...
...dominant in his campaign as well. He says he spent most of his Thanksgiving break holed up in his ascetic campaign office, a room with empty bookshelves and a color theme of black, white, and gray. The austerity of the office reflects the serious attitude with which he approaches his campaign. Without explaining his reasoning, James stipulated that the location of his office remain undisclosed.One of the few times when James gave a belting laugh—after demonstrating his imitation of a disk jockey’s voice—he abruptly cut off mid-chortle and again became...
...finished in a three-way tie with unattached Northeastern freshman Brian McGovern and Northeastern alum Mike Couch in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.72 meters.“Nico’s a tremendous athlete,” Saretsky said. “Working off a short approach, he shut it down early.”Senior Shannon Flahive tied for fifth in the 200-meter dash, sharing the 26.03 mark with the Terriers’ Erin Catarius, while sophomore Katrina Drayton finished at 26.31, good enough for eighth.In the women’s 55-meter hurdles, senior...
...Russia was unabashedly smug about the outcome of the NATO summit that ended Wednesday in Brussels, where it was agreed to resume high-level relations with Moscow. Even though the NATO agreement specified a "measured and phased approach" to restoring ties - and insisted Moscow fulfill pledges to withdraw its forces in Georgia to pre-conflict positions - it was the Europeans' eclipse of Washington's harder line that Russian officials found most encouraging. (See pictures of Russia's military campaign in Georgia...