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Pantano is not a typical Marine. He was born in New York City and grew up in Hell's Kitchen, then a rough part of town. "You could usually see crack vials lying on the sidewalk," he recalls. High school took him to a very different part of the city. Thanks to financial aid, he attended Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y., a place better known for socialites than for soldiers. Pantano signed up in advance for the Marine Corps. He wanted to make sure he was accepted for the infantry, not assigned some desk job because of his education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did He Go Too Far? | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

...with the remark: “We’re a professional band, but sometimes we don’t act like it.” Kinkopf distinguishes himself from the myriad hip hop poseurs with the lyric: “Don’t hit the crack pipe/never ran the streets at night/soft, preppy, privileged, rich, never hit a chick and called her a bitch/ no crew, no guns and my skin is pale, I never spent the night in jail...

Author: By Nathaniel Naddaff-hafrey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Band Embraces Crosssover Genre | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

...became public when the two clinics holding the records asked the Kansas Supreme Court to quash or limit the order. Not all the records are for women under 16, the age of consent in Kansas, which is why pro-choice activists fear Kline may be using the subpoenas to crack down on late-term abortion--permitted in Kansas only if a woman's health is in serious danger. The Justice Department was turned down last year in a similar effort to get patient data, as it fought legal challenges to the federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro-Life Snooping | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

...artistic life, I will choke up while trying to say how proud my Grandma is of me. Unable to finish due to the beautiful combination of wistfulness and optimism that my victory embodies, I leave stage while behind me Ms. Kidman, overwhelmed with emotion, falls through a crack in the floor. After this routine—the Oscar...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Movie Has a First Name... | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

...Crimson has allowed 23 power-play goals on the season, but neither the Saints nor the Golden Knights could crack Harvard’s stalwart defensive unit...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel and Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: M. Hockey Makes Home Advantage Count | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

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