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Melinda R. Cep likes to take credit for her sister’s success. “Her first grade teacher asked her what she wanted to learn,” Melinda recalls, “and Casey was very adamant that she wanted to learn to read, because her sister already knew...
...didn’t matter that Melinda is two years older—Casey N. Cep ’07 is not one to put a ceiling on her ambitions. She was recently named a Rhodes Scholar, an honor she refers to as “a grant to read over the summer.” But before she transplants herself to Oxford University, where she will “read” theology, she will have to finish her senior thesis for the English and American Literature and Language department. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...deciding where to do research. “There are many countries on the State Department’s list that just aren’t that dangerous, and it is unfair for politics to determine where students can and cannot do research.” Dzambukira said.But Casey M. Lurtz ’07, who did research this past summer in Chiapas, Mexico with a human rights group, said that she understands the College’s caution in wanting to protect both researchers and subjects.“I understand why the College would be careful...
...Pentagon rumor mill is also abuzz with the question of whom Gates will choose to replace Army Gen. John Abizaid as chief of Central Command, the region that includes both Iraq and Afghanistan. Abizaid and Army Gen. George Casey, the ground commander in Iraq, have overseen the war for years and are drawing at least some of the blame for allowing Iraq to disinintegrate on their watch. As Douglas MacGregor, a retired Army Col. and military writer, observed recently: "Tactical blunders have strategic consequences and the generals have blundered badly in Iraq. In war, military strategy is supposed to reduce...
...Abizaid is expected to retire. Casey was long though to be in line for the job of Army Chief of Staff, but a former Administration official says that plan may now be dead. "It looked too much like Casey would be rewarded for the job he has done in Iraq, and that's not what Gates wants," says the source. The front-runners for Abizaid and Casey's jobs include Army Lt. Gen. David Petreaus and Army Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli. Both have served in Iraq and both are seen as having focused on the "hearts and minds" aspect...