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...career. By the time the draft was over, he was a member of the Indianapolis Colts. Although the Scarborough, Ont. native was not drafted by any of the 32 NFL teams, a fair share of squads were interested in adding him to their rosters, including the Indianapolis Colts, the Chicago Bears, the New York Jets, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Dallas Cowboys, and the Cleveland Browns. “I didn’t really have time to digest the fact that I wasn’t drafted,” Dawson said. “Midway through the seventh round...
...Chicago Bear Merril Hoge retired after suffering two concussions within 42 days. Because he was not required to have a second evaluation following his initial treatment, he returned to the field five days after his first concussion, only to suffer a hit to the same unhealed spot. Past and current players suggest that playing despite injury is implied and expected. But Hoge, wary of the danger of multiple concussions, claims that he was fortunate: “Second impact syndrome kills you...I got lucky...
Intolerance of atheists is so ingrained in our society that public figures can even openly attack atheists without injuring their reputation. During a campaign stop in Chicago in the summer of 1987, then Vice President George H. W. Bush was asked by a reporter for the American Atheist news journal if he “recognized the equal citizenship and patriotism of Americans who are atheists.” In response, Bush said, “No, I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation...
...There’s sort of this boundary between when it is affecting a student and when it is affecting a community of students,” Peterson, who served as assistant dean of student services at the University of Chicago, said...
...patent.” After speeches, the protest culminated in a die-in, where the “denied prescription” was carried past the protestors, who fell to the ground, pretending to have died. Protests similar to the one in Worcester also took place yesterday in Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C., Austin, Texas, Salem, Ore., Chapel Hill, N.C., and other cities throughout the country. —Staff writer Yelena S. Mironova can be reached at mironova@fas.harvard.edu...