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...There are always plenty of complaints about the [cockroach] issue,” Jessica R. Rosenfeld ’07 wrote in an e-mail. Rosenfeld, herself a former Lowell resident, is currently taking a semester abroad in Argentina, but felt strongly enough about the cause contra cockroaches to write a letter to The Crimson in late September decrying the College’s handling of the pest problem. E-mailing from an Argentinean hostel on Sunday, she said that the frustration—and the sting—of her cockroach encounters had not been dulled by distance...
...Democracy promotion" has been a focus of both Democratic and Republican administrations, but the Bush White House has been a particular booster since 9/11. Iran contra figure Elliott Abrams was put in charge of the effort at the National Security Council. Until recently, Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of the Vice President, oversaw such work at the State Department. In the past, the U.S. has used support for "democracy building" to topple unfriendly dictators, including Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic and Ukraine's Vladimir Kuchma...
...Kohl Center this season. A win in Madison would give the Crimson, which has struggled to put together 40 solid minutes in its early non-conference games, some much-needed momentum. After picking up its first win of the season Dec. 3 against San Jose State at the Contra Costa Times Classic in Berkeley, Calif., Harvard sputtered Tuesday against crosstown rival Boston University (BU), dropping a 77-63 decision across the Charles River. Sophomore point guard Emily Tay led three Crimson players in double figures with 19 points, but Harvard’s team defense couldn’t stand...
It’s just too bad that the Harvard women’s basketball team missed playing Arkansas State in the Contra Costa Times Classic tournament this past weekend. I think the Crimson would’ve slaughtered the Indians...
...Gatess came to that hearing with baggage, having withdrawn his nomination to be CIA director four years earlier because of questions raised about his role in the Iran-contra affair. By 1991, the Berlin Wall had fallen, but Gates's nomination to be the nation's top spy reopened an intense debate that had been festering within U.S. intelligence since the dawn of the Cold War: How big a threat was the Soviet Union...