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...could be forgiven for never having heard of Chief Illiniwek. He may not be making a splash on either coast, but the controversy around him has captured the attention of many in the middle. Much of Illinois was educated at its local state college where, for the last 81 graduating classes, its Native American mascot Chief Illiniwek has supposedly honored native heritage in the state...
...Harvard sailing team concluded its last full slate of the fall season over the weekend, competing in a pair of Atlantic Coast Championship regattas on its way to seventh- and ninth-place finishes in ACC competition. The No. 7 co-ed squad finished in seventh place at the Atlantic Coast Dinghies at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., while the No. 8 women took ninth at the Atlantic Coast Women’s regatta at Yale. The results came on a weekend of sometimes unpredictable conditions, providing a bit of consolation to the middle-of-the-pack finishes for both...
...come. It also means that your average Harvard student is more—dare I say?—normal than your average Yalie. Harvard’s sheer world fame draws excellent students from all countries and backgrounds while Yale, less-known, still feeds off more exclusive, east-coast-preppy sources. 46 percent of Yale’s freshman class came from private and parochial schools. Only 36 percent of Harvard?...
...Arian Finch (Derek Luke), who are under active duty in the front lines of the War on Terror. Their trials constitute the second storyline. The third and least thrilling story line (although no terribly high standards are set by the other two) takes place in the West Coast, as Professor Stephen Malley—poorly played by Redford—attempts to encourage a directionless student to take a social stance. Redford fails to weave together the three unrelated plots into one deeply connected film. At the end, “Lions” frustrates viewers by not working coherently...
...officials say the number of deadly explosively-formed-penetrator roadside bombs arriving in Iraq from Iran has been halved between July and October. And while alarmists were quick to note the U.S. Navy's deployment of a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf off Iran's coast earlier this year, they have been largely mute as the two ships were replaced by a solo carrier in August...