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...know where the Iraq is. Rather, the most popular search requests are for the closest "Wal-Mart," followed by "Best Buy," "Pizza Hut" and "Costco." We've zoomed in so close - we've put on blinders to the world beyond the street-by-street route to the nearest big box store - that it's hardly any wonder that 20% of our populace can't locate their own country on a map. With all of this technology, we've lost the serendipity factor that allowed past generations to expand their horizons and learn about the world simply by having an atlas...
Take Merril Shapley, who testified last week. He was unsure, nervous and scared as he sat in the witness box just feet from the man he regarded as The Prophet. Warren Jeffs had chosen Shapley's wife, announced it to them both and within hours had presided over their marriage. Shapley, 24, a construction worker, had been called by the defense to persuade the jury that "Uncle Warren" was a gentle man who helped steer young couples through troubled marital waters...
...HARVARD 1, UC SANTA BARBARA 1 For the fifth straight game, sophomore Andre’ Akpan did what he does best: score goals. Early in the second half, still in a scoreless tie with the defending national champions, junior midfielder John Stamatis threaded a pass to Akpan in the box. Akpan challenged the Gaucho keeper with a knock to the far corner that slipped in and gave Harvard the 1-0 advantage. Akpan now has five goals and four assists on the season, good for the team lead in both categories. “He is a very good player...
...worse, this paranoid box-ticking is an affront to the fact that student groups augment, not corrupt, the Harvard name. Legally the name Harvard belongs to the President and Fellows. But without the faculty, students, and sub-agencies of the College cooperating in the Harvard project, it is hard to imagine that the name would be worth very much at all. We students are among the people who vest value in the Harvard name in the first place. It is an insult to assert that we have no right to its use, and that the very name...
Smider added that the tickets were sold exclusively at the Harvard Box Office to avoid the “chaotic” scenes witnessed last year, when they were also sold at the pub door...