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...What are your feelings about the Bush Administration's claim that negotiating with our enemies weakens America's power? -Jeff Rogers, Portland, Ore. It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with...
...threat.” This movement has little value beyond being a right-wing political stunt, and its occurrence at institutions of higher education is a massive shame. At best, it will spark superficial debate on religious fundamentalism without offering a balanced political or cultural history to support its claims. At worst, however, Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week will serve to further already damaging misconceptions about Islam as a religion, misconceptions that are already widespread throughout the American government and the public. To deny that Islamic terrorists pose a threat to the West would be shortsighted and wrong. Fundamentalism and religious...
...principles of secular neutrality that led to the ban of religious objects like yarmulkes and Islamic hijab in public schools. That official state secularism was imposed at public schools in 1903 to end previous practices of Catholic theology being taught under the guise of non-denominational education; critics claim Sarkozy's embrace of the Môquet letter restores that practice on an ideological level. "Can we take the risk that the event will transform the high school into a political arena?" asked SNES in a statement explaining why it was urging its members not to respect the reading...
...with the squad losing to the Quakers, 3-0 (30-23, 30-20, 30-28).The first game featured a number of ties and lead changes. The Crimson lost its momentum at the end of the game, however, allowing the Quakers to go on a 10-2 run and claim the first game, 30-23.“As a team, it wasn’t our match,” Mahon said. “For the most part, we were aggressive, but we had some key errors. The aggression was there, but we just weren?...
...blue and gold colors, the Crimson had arguably its best game of the weekend in a losing result against the nationally ranked Midshipmen. No. 11 Navy flew out of the gates to a 4-0 lead early in the contest, but Harvard responded aggressively, scoring five unanswered goals to claim the lead for the first time late in the third period.“Navy had a lot of guys so they were just throwing fresh units and speed at us,” sophomore Mitch Denti said. “The game was kind of like a swim meet?...