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...Bush supporter, and you hear giddy things. Talk to a Bush skeptic, and you hear the end of human life as we know it. In Washington last week, almost all the scenarios were extreme. "If you tear up all the rules and toss them in the air," said Ashton Carter, a Defense official in the Clinton Administration, now agonizing at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, "the results can be really good or really bad - but they're definitely going to be really different...
...Boch’s grandfather’s home in Vermont. Being sequestered in the middle of nowhere allowed the group to spend 16-hour days honing their musical skills. “There was literally nothing to do up there but play music,” says Carter. “I mean, there was a mule and a cow somewhere nearby. And a cat, I think. But other than that, it was just us.” The result of the group’s self-isolation is a 10-song self-produced demo, mixed by Boch...
...shows, we want to rock everyone in the crowd sterile,” says The Blanks’ drummer, John T. Drake ’06. “Yeah,” says Jon H. Carter ’06, who holds down lead guitar duties in the band. “That way, we don’t get anybody pregnant after our shows...
...intensity on-stage—part of their commitment to population control—has wowed recent crowds at the Advocate and Quincy Collective and has earned the group a loyal following in the Class of 2006. Consisting of Matt C. Boch ’06 (lead vocals, guitar), Carter (lead guitar, vocals), Drake (drums, vocals) and Long Le-Khac ’06 (bass), The Blanks play a unique brand of rock peppered with generous doses of punk, indie and blues. The band draws on its members’ diverse musical backgrounds: Drake is a professional jazz drummer, Carter...
...course, there has not been a military draft since 1973, but in 1980 Congress, receiving a bill from President Jimmy Carter, reinstated a requirement for 18-year-old men to register with the Selective Service System so that in the event of a military conflict where volunteer forces are not sufficient, they may be called to serve their country. Men who do not register are barred from receiving federal student aid and are subject to criminal prosecution. Women, on the other hand, are not allowed to register...