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...half of the game,” Donato said. The Crimson’s development in those areas will be tested tonight, when the team faces ECAC-newcomer Quinnipiac. The Bobcats, who fill the void left by Vermont’s departure, have scheduled the game in the Hartford Civic Center in anticipation of a large crowd. The arena has a concert capacity of 16,500, and tonight’s contest could easily shatter the old ECAC record of 7,460 fans. Coincidentally, Harvard had a hand in that mark as well: on Feb. 3, 1979, the Crimson faced...
...adds, was “just something that felt like a logical outgrowth of the things I was frustrated in.” One of those frustrations was what Green calls a “certain lack of responsiveness” among city officials to urgent civic needs. “We have streets with potholes you can lose small children in, schools that brag when they are on probation from the state, and there is no reason why we can’t and shouldn’t be doing better,” Green says.BOY FROM THE BAYOUA...
...Generally, it’s very difficult for a challenger to unseat an incumbent,” Robert Winters, creator of the Cambridge Civic Journal and de facto dean of the Cambridge political scene, writes in an e-mail. According to Winters, it has been three election cycles since an incumbent lost a seat...
Another route to work that pays is through local churches, synagogues, nonprofits and community and civic groups, which may be looking for some humor to liven up a function or a meeting. They are more likely to be open to a baby-boomer comedian--as long as expletives are deleted and mentions of sexual anatomy are kept to a minimum...
...Sandel questions about the themes covered in Public Philosophy. In the discussion, Sandel emphasized the importance of not only statecraft—the role of government—in public life, but also “soulcraft,” defined as inculcating citizens with a sense of collective civic purpose through framing politics in moral terms. Whereas the Republicans have tried to combine the two, Sandel said that Democrats have largely avoided the issue. “For the most part conservatives talk about morality and soulcraft in politics,” said Sandel, who added that Democrats have...