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...Duke athletics that only an outsider would make. Hinshelwood assumes that because three lacrosse players live in one house, all Duke athletes must be able to do so, thereby suggesting some type of special treatment when throwing parties. Nothing can be further from the truth. Because students can only block in small groups, Duke athletes, like Harvard athletes, are spread out in every quad. Simply put, there are no sports sections in quads, and the only visible living groups are fraternities. Seniors may choose to live off campus, just as those three lacrosse players chose to do, but again, this...
...night, every few nights, for five years as residents. It's really the same drug that keeps parents up with a sick baby, ministers up with a desperate parishioner, or soldiers up taking fire to save their buddies. But now my administrator says that the guy down the block will do the job if I don't persuade that patient to come to me. So what do I offer a patient who, we are told, really doesn't need me? A multi-million dollar lobby. The Boss saw what was really behind that glitzy facade, and he saw what...
...motion potentially undermined the leadership of the superintendent, who drafted the initial version of the budget. “I see this as an important vote in whether or not we support the educational leadership of the superintendent,” said Reeves, who voted with the majority to block the motion. The last-minute disagreement arose because of the lack of time put into the budget drafting process, committee members said yesterday. The superintendent introduced the first draft to the committee early last month. Although committee member Richard Harding said that there “is something lacking?...
...ways humans cope is by helping people,” Koenen said. “You’re able to actually improve someone’s life or aid people, and it can make the situation seem meaningful.”‘BLOCK AFTER BLOCK’A day after gutting Smith’s home, Datar flew back to Cambridge with her volunteer team. Previously she had volunteered at a New Orleans high school over intersession. She said the work over spring break proved just as emotionally draining. Even after her return to campus...
...want to see the city rebuild and come back,” she said. She pinned a blue button to her shirt—“BROADMOOR BLOCK CAPTAIN”—and sat still to listen to the students...