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...security is just one sign of how tense this campus has become. For nearly six months now, a cloud of controversy has hovered over Morningside Heights, the quiet uptown Manhattan neighborhood that is home to Columbia. At the center of the storm is the school’s Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC), a small unit of 20 full-time professors, some of which have come under fire for allegedly fostering academic intimidation in their classes...
...take years, it may take decades, but until Americans realize that life in prison is the most just punishment for heinous crimes, all of our citizens are living under a cloud of blame. The state was born in an environment of tyranny, repression, exploitation, and bloodshed, and America still has not dropped one relic of this murky past. Where the rack, the ownership of persons, genocide, and the strategic killing of civilian populations have all been abandoned as means towards achieving the ends of the state, the death penalty remains...
...west, a number of the underdogs scored first—including St. Cloud State and Bemidji State, which held a 2-1 advantage over No. 1 Minnesota in the second period—but ultimately could not hold their own against the top seeds...
...most of the weekend, the quest to score the goal and break the record hung over her head like a dark rain cloud that followed her wherever she went and refused to go away...
...dark cloud formed over campus common rooms. People glanced anxiously at their friends and laughed nervously at Seth’s jokes even when they weren’t funny. Like Phil Collins, true fans could feel something “in the air,” but no one wanted to be the first...