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...people to turn on George Bush's war in Iraq, Representative Walter Jones was among the least likely. A conservative Republican whose North Carolina district includes the massive Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, Jones led the charge to convert French fries into "freedom fries" in Capitol Hill cafeterias after France refused to support the war. But last week Jones co-sponsored legislation calling on Bush to declare victory and start bringing the troops home by October 2006. Jones, who has written more than 1,300 letters to families of killed service members, says, "What else is there left for America...
Entering the game against the Lady Lakers, the Crimson boasted the second-best penalty kill unit, right behind that of Mercyhurst. While Harvard managed to convert on its own power plays to stay in the game, it prevented the Lady Lakers from scoring any on five chances. The unit of Corriero, Chu, and freshman Sarah Vaillancourt even killed a minute of 5-3 ice time in the first period and another half minute in the first overtime...
Lured by $1 draft beers and live music from professional and student bands, thousands of students flocked to Loker in the name of school-sponsored fun, and its popularity as a nightspot has prompted a College plan to spend millions of dollars to convert Loker into a pub permanently...
...other plans show existing buildings incorporated into Houses. One proposal would convert the HBS dormitories north of Baker Library; another would transform the One Western Avenue building into undergraduate housing...
Another plan appropriates existing HBS dormitories along Soldiers Field Road for Houses. Still another would build new Houses on empty land between HBS buildings near the Weeks Footbridge. A fourth would convert other graduate school housing in Allston, including the $66 million One Western Avenue complex, into Houses...