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...other normalized and acceptable video games or hobbies.“There are levels of nerdy things you can do,” says Miller sheepishly. “It starts with something like Harry Potter and then it goes up to WoW, and then it goes to trading card games. That’s the peak of what you can do.”But, ever-respectful, Miller realizes that he has just insulted the card traders and hurriedly adds, “I’m sure if I sat down and tried it, it would...
When I turned in my study card at the end of shopping period, I felt an unexpected surge of ambition and desire. No, it wasn’t that delusional drive I feel at the beginning of each semester to get all my work done and get eight hours of sleep every night. I decided that I was going to march into that bastion of academic and intellectual freedom—the Core Office—and ask for two petition forms. Yes, I was angry about the fact that only three Historical Study-B courses (including departmental courses...
Elsewhere on the Republican side, the real wild card is former Massachusetts Governor Romney, not because of anything that he is doing now, but because of what he has the potential to do in the new year. Starting in 2008, candidates will be required to file finance reports monthly, but those accountings are not due at the FEC until the 20th of the following month. What his opponents expect and fear is that Romney will write himself a huge check shortly after the beginning of the new year to provide himself a massive infusion of funds for the early round...
...right and wrong.” Columnists were no more amenable to the race discussion. John Feinstein of The Washington Post declared, “Those who want to make excuses for him…entirely miss the point. So do those who want to play the race card and claim that Vick would have been treated differently if he had been white.” Even ESPN's Jemele Hill, who is black, set aside the race issue when speaking about Vick: “Now that we know of his guilt and complicity, let?...
...games, until someone felt the need to break up the party. Like clockwork, someone had to play the “race card...