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...more than some effective theater. As the troopship U.S.S. Harlan County anchored off Port-au- Prince, thugs surged through the dock area brandishing pistols, screaming ''Get out!'' and kicking at or banging on cars, including one carrying U.S. charge d'affaires Vicki Huddleston. All show, says one Haitian with close ties to the leaders: ''As wild and scary as it appeared, ((the supposed riot)) was very carefully choreographed by the Haitian military.'' The demonstrators, he adds, ''had strict orders not to shoot anyone, just to raise the level of fear.'' The hard-core supposed rioters totaled at most...
...statistics fix, the excesses of American sport are painfully apparent. In an overly-commercialized world, where agents secure their clients hundreds of millions of dollars to play in Gillette Field, Citi Field and their ilk, it is hard not to be somewhat disillusioned.As my sophomore year draws to a close, my perceptions of this unique sports culture continue to evolve through my experiences writing sports for The Crimson. One of the cornerstones of American sport—and perhaps the most complicated—is the intercollegiate sport system. The arguments for and against this aspect of American life vary...
...Undergraduate Council faced off yesterday over whether to publicize that it is considering purchasing a four-million dollar property at 45 Mount Auburn Street in a meeting marked by two off-the-record executive sessions—extremely rare interludes that close the proceedings to public and press...
...reflected in the majority vote to close the meeting—and keep it closed—other Council members disagreed with Holoshitz...
...having such a small, tight group of guys means we can bond as a team,” co-captain Brady Weissbourd said. “We’ve won all our important games in five, and it shows the difference between us and other teams in those close matches...