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...learned that this is the inevitable nature of politics, especially in an environment where you hold few bargaining chips. The deans openly agree that the council represents students’ views, so “increased legitimacy” is no panacea for our problems. There is no silver bullet to navigating Harvard’s administrative power structure...
Many students are justifiably unhappy with life at Harvard. But voting for the ticket that complains the loudest or claims to have found that silver bullet is not the best way to ensure change. Matt Glazer and Clay Capp have an incredible record of going to bat for students with the administration and producing real results for their effort. They are the ticket that balances advocacy expertise with the financial competency we lacked last semester. They have wisely prioritized opening up the council, engaging students through innovative new approaches and uniting the undergraduate community. Based on my experience as president...
...nitrous oxide and rubber, and a plume of white smoke shoots straight up into the sky. Unlike the computer-driven shuttle, SpaceShipOne is controlled by an old-fashioned mechanical stick and rudder. That makes the altitude climb hair-raising for the pilot. "It's going faster than a speeding bullet," says Melvill, who piloted the vehicle's first flight, "and you're trying to control it by hand...
...across roads or popped up in windows. The fight lasted nearly two hours. The young grunts defended themselves with all manner of fire, including AT4 antitank rockets, M-203 40-mm grenade launchers and TOW missiles from the Bradleys supporting them. A young sergeant went down, shrapnel or a bullet fragment lodging in his cheek. After checking himself, he went back to returning fire...
Such is unfortunately the fate of more than a few journalists that cover war-torn and other high risk areas—Ernie Pyle, for example, was killed by a Japanese bullet during the later stages of World...