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Former University President Lawrence H. Summers is well aware of Harvard’s military legacy and supports veterans on campus. “All of us at the University should be grateful to those who defend our country and the freedoms that make it possible for an institution like Harvard to exist,” he wrote in an e-mailed statement. “Since the Viet Nam war, differences over the policy choices of elected officials have sometimes led to unfortunate cleavages between the military and the academic community. I believe repairing these rifts is of great...
...should have an electoral college,” Kucinich said in response to a student’s question about whether the U.S. is truly democratic. And mirroring the focus of the campaign season, much of the talk dealt with foreign policy, as audience members pushed Kucinich to defend his demand to cease Congressional funding of the war in Iraq. Zak Tanjeloff ’08, asked Kucinich whether he had a plan for peace in Iraq. “There is money in the pipeline right now to bring the troops in. If we follow the logic of support...
...confidence that they could improve on their second-place performance last year. Though it is still shaking off the rust in a season that feels like it has just begun, the Crimson will come into Trenton on a roll and with last year’s individual title to defend. “We are challenged with this every year in the spring with the sort of weather we’re going to have this week,” Rhoads said. “We’re going to have to fight the weather this week...
...significant part of any Pope's job is to manage questions of doctrine and discipline. Benedict's "no wiggle room" approach is increasingly seen in the context of his great battle to defend Catholicism on its historical home turf of Europe, where he sees a kind of cult of secularism. The Pope's response is not simply to reaffirm the Christian values of the old continent, a goal also expressed by the continent's more liberal leaders and theologians like Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Cardinal Godfried Daneels. In addition, Benedict professes a very specific kind of Christianity...
...only upside in all this has been the chivalry with which black men have rushed to defend us. Thank you, brothers. You've made me feel like a lady again...