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...spend in Cambridge working on UC business.While we appreciate the UC president and vice president’s eagerness, we feel that their zealotry might end up getting in the way of concrete results. Successfully lobbying for calendar reform could take months if not years. Waiting until April to begin to tackle the calendar will waste valuable time. And packaging calendar reform with the gigantic task of reforming Harvard’s broken mental healthcare system—and trying to fit it into a single month—will require a superhuman effort. Far better...
Although the results this weekend were disappointing for the Crimson, they did little to dampen Harvard’s optimism as it prepares for the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) championships in two weeks.“Now is where the fun really begins,” freshman J. P. O’Connor said. “This is what we trained for all year. The most important part of our season is just beginning.”After losing matches to both Cornell and Columbia this weekend and earning a tie against Bucknell, the Crimson limps...
...their crimes under a controversial law that grants them reduced prison sentences of up to eight years for confessing to crimes. Few of the charges that have been filed against the lawmakers stem from those paramilitary hearings, but analysts expect more politicians to be implicated when the militia leaders begin recounting their crimes. Despite persistent allegations that Uribe himself has ties to paramilitaries, no credible evidence has ever been presented. However, opposition Senator Gustavo Petro has vowed to schedule hearings into the spread of paramilitary power in northern Antioquia province when Uribe was governor there...
...with a new Palestinian government containing Hamas - terrorists, in most Israelis' eyes - will be a hard sell. Meanwhile, Abbas has been telling Rice's aides, shuttling back and forth between Jerusalem to Ramallah in armored cars, that "he wants something to sell to the Palestinian people" before he will begin discussing the deeper issues of co-existence between Palestinians and Israelis. For starters, Abbas wants Olmert to return an estimated $500 million in Palestinian tax money, lift some of the 400 Israeli roadblocks in the West Bank and halt the expansion of Jewish settlements in the disputed territories. Otherwise, says...
...SUVs, carrying their roosters in wooden travel cases. The poorer ones show up on bicycle or by bus, carrying their birds in a plastic bag. After the weigh-in, the birds get razorblades strapped to their feet, the bets are cast, the beers are popped, and the fights begin...