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...reason for this heightened interest is the prevalence of issues that really engage younger voters, not just the Iraq War but eco-debates like whether or not to permit oil-drilling off Florida's coast. Bryan Griffin, 20, a junior classics/political science major and head of UF's Republicans, suggests young Floridians have begun to shift their focus from the beach to the ballot box. "There's a lessening of political apathy,"he says. "Florida kids have a lot of [recreational]distractions, but we're waking up now to the realization that we can make a difference in this state...
...felt the need to escape their sheltered bourgeoisie life. They moved into collectives, practiced forced sexual rotation, took weapons training, and planned attacks on the wealthy and powerful. By October 1969, the group was ready for its first major attack: four "Days of Rage," in Chicago's affluent Gold Coast neighborhood. The Weatherman boasted that thousands of student warriors would flood city streets with violence and destruction, but only a few hundred people showed up. Six Weathermen were shot and 287 arrested. The riots were deemed a failure...
...growing pains are part of maturing, the Crimson has certainly paid its dues.The Harvard men’s water polo team continued its brutal schedule this past weekend with a west coast trip to the Claremont Convergence, a California tournament that pitted the ECAC competitors against some of the top talent in the nation. The Crimson (2-7, 1-1 CWPA) suffered consecutive drubbings by No. 4 Pepperdine and No. 6 Loyola Marymount on Friday night and Saturday morning. But, disheartening results aside, Harvard seems fully aware of the benefit of facing such high-level opposition.“Obviously...
Pirates aren't picky. Armed with Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers and using skiffs mounted with high-powered engines launched from "motherships" disguised as fishing boats, the buccaneers who prowl the waters off the Somali coast pick their prey from the passing shipping traffic like lions selecting a kill: the slower and more defenseless, the better. "We hijack every ship we can," Sugule Ali, a pirate captain, told TIME by satellite phone this week...
...made tanks, grenade launchers, ammunition and other high-grade weaponry. The seizure was perhaps the most brazen in a recent spate of attacks on vessels crossing the world's most treacherous waters. According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirates have carried off 63 attacks and 26 hijackings off the coast of Somalia so far this year, seizing 534 crew members; 12 ships and 259 sailors (including 20 aboard the Faina) remain captive. "Think of us like a coast guard," Ali told the New York Times by satellite phone...