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...guest of honor was a Christian missionary accused under Australia's anti--religious vilification laws of making anti-Muslim statements. (He appealed, and the case was sent back to trial court.) But Akinola, wearing a gray Western suit over his usual purple shirt, clerical collar and 3-in. wooden cross, was the man most of the religiously conservative attendees had come to see. In cadences that approached preaching, he commended the missionary for what Akinola called his faith and courage at a crucial moment for the Gospel. He cited challenges to Christianity in Australia, Africa and even in England...
...impossible" tag fits Arenas like one of his kicks. His mother abandoned Arenas in a Miami housing project when he was almost 4. His father, then living in Tampa, retrieved him. Three years later, Gilbert Sr. drove with his son cross-country to chase an acting career in Los Angeles. The Gilberts were out of money on arrival. "I'm thinking, that's not cool," Gilbert Sr. remembers. For three days, they slept in Dad's Mazda RX-7. Arenas Sr. soon found steady work, although he never struck it big as an actor...
Correction: Last Thursday's editorial "Giving It All" incorrectly stated that Samuel R. Cross '07 is of half-Asian, half-Eastern European heritage. In fact, he is of half-Asian, half-Western European heritage. The Crimson regrets this error...
...College Democrats president Brigit M. Helgen ’08. “From what I’ve seen within the Dems, the people supporting him include the really liberal and the really moderate, even a Republican.”Obama’s appeal, however, might not cross party lines. “He does very well in front of the camera,” says Harvard Republican Club (HRC) president Jeffery Kwong ’09. “But the HRC wants to go beyond the labels of having a woman or minority candidate, and look...
...bench-pressing the same 400 pounds. Even if Oden brings Ohio State a championship in April, he won’t have given the Buckeye nation as much as it will surely have given him. The same cannot be said for Dawson or Cusworth or world champion fencer Emily Cross or our Olympian women’s hockey players, for that matter. So, while I would love to get to cover a Final Four run, or a bowl game, I’ll take living, growing, and learning with the athletes that I’m covering. Here?...