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...Floaters: You are unique. So unique in fact that you couldn’t find one person out of 1650 to block with. [3] Welcome to the rest of your existence, a single point in a limitless void. Hell, you might be on to something...
...Crimson started off the match on fire, jumping to a 12-7 lead off of a block by junior Soren Rosier. While Rosier and junior co-captain Gil Weintraub were stalwarts on the defensive front, contributing three of the six total blocks earned by Harvard in the first set, Weissbourd and junior Erik Kuld took care of the offense by notching six and four kills, respectively. Six of the seven players who played in the game registered a kill for the Crimson, providing balance across the board...
...ready to take the T home quite yet. The Engineers finally got their offensive game going, setting balls effectively and jumping out ahead for a 11-6 lead. Looking for any sort of spark, MIT and its fans were suddenly reenergized after a successful block by freshman David Thomas of a Weissbourd potential kill...
...Harvard College Dean L. Fred Jewett '57 introduced full randomization of the housing process to avoid the increasingly non-diverse student groupings. Students could choose a maximum of 16 students to block with, but could no longer request to be in a particular house; in other words, fate was introduced to the housing process. William F. Abely ’99, Bill, now an attorney in Boston, and his blocking group would become the first to perform a sacrificial rite the night before housing...
...Furthermore, the cloture/filibuster rule is not something enshrined by centuries of observance. The rule, as practiced currently, is a quite recent invention. Prior to the late ’60s, it was primarily used by Southern senators seeking to block civil-rights legislation. Filibusters were not a factor in enacting the legislative agendas of presidents from Roosevelt through Bush Sr. The filibuster has only entered into wide usage in the last 15 years, beginning in Bill Clinton’s first term, when Republicans filibustered 32 times during the 103rd Congress. That number has grown steadily since, thanks to both...