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...something wonderfully full-circle about it: O’Hagan, Pizzotti, Witt, Pizzotti, O’Hagan.That’s the list of starting quarterbacks for No. 23 Harvard’s last seven games, and the announced starter for this coming Saturday’s clash at Dartmouth. With so much turnover under center, it’s a wonder that there haven’t been more turnovers, and that the Crimson has barely faltered in running up a 6-1 record in those seven games. The most memorable of those was last season?...
...unperceivable and improvable. Wars have been motivated by all kinds of forces, but those fought for religious purposes are particularly long-lasting. The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine is not solely about history and two nations’ desire for land; the conflict continues because it involves a clash of belief systems above all else. Understanding how humans are motivated by forces beyond the physical world is a very separate study than merely looking at cultural and historical influences. The difference is in the seen versus the unseen, the rational versus the definitively irrational. The difference is between Reason...
...clash also features two rapidly improving young QBs in the Bulldogs’ Matt Polhemus and the Quakers’ Robert Irvin, third and fifth in the league, respectively, in passing efficiency...
...hated any clash with Karl. Especially now. The morning after my tumor diagnosis, Karl was among the first people to call. "I know what you are going through," he said. "I've spent more days and nights of my life than I can count in a cancer ward." He explained that his wife was a double breast-cancer survivor, encouraged me for the fight ahead, and offered any assistance I needed. Now, less than two months later, I was standing in front of the President exposing an ugly truth that Karl would rather not have discussed: after two years...
...doctor's door. No rational person would deny a potential offender treatment, but no rational parent with a child to protect would not also want to tie a bell around the pedophile's neck before a potential offense can become a real one. It's in that clash of strategies that the tension lies, but it's a tension we'd best resolve soon. The tragedy in Pennsylvania is a terrible reminder of the price of waiting...