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...also a Crimson photographer, said that Eco Night is part of Lowell’s continued dedication to winning the Green Cup, an inter-House competition for the College’s most environmentally-conscious House. She added that Lowell won the Green Cup in 2007 and plans to defend its title this year. “HoCo in Lowell House is amazing in their environmental efforts,” she said...

Author: By Wyatt P. Gleichauf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HoCo Exhibits Green Gardening | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

After several brutal days of trying to defend himself against accusations of being an "out-of-touch elitist", Barack Obama faces a major overriding challenge in tonight's nationally televised debate with Hillary Clinton at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center - to prove that is a regular guy. Even under the best of circumstances that's not an easy task when you're standing on a stage before a packed auditorium of hundreds and being broadcast to millions. But considering the fallout he has had to endure since his notorious "bitter" comments about small-town America were revealed, and the fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Regular Guy Dilemma | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...Yesterday] it was a little colder a little windier. Overall it was pretty fair.” Next weekend, the team will travel south to New Jersey for the Ivy League Championship, the focal point of the men’s season. Penn will return to defend the title and the Crimson will look to improve on last year’s fifth-place finish. The Ancient Eight will gather to play the Ballyowen Golf Course in Hamburg, N.J., a links-style golf course known for its few trees and fast, undulating greens. In this weekend’s tournament...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Friendly Greens Bring Fourth-Place Finish | 4/14/2008 | See Source »

...transmit his basic message of faith and reason in a world inching toward a clash of civilizations. In his speech at the U.N., he will reiterate his predecessors' commitment to peace and diplomacy as the best way to tackle world problems. But he will likely challenge political leaders to defend religious liberty as the first priority for building a peaceful future. Two days later, this singular religious figure, leader of 1 billion faithful, will travel downtown to witness the remains of what happens when faith is instead the most efficient weapon for sowing hatred and destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pope's Geopolitical Agenda | 4/14/2008 | See Source »

...exactly "ideal." But the heat generated online by the ad does reveal that the war and resultant redrawing of the map 160 years ago can still spark a furor on both sides of the border. Thousands of critics accused the ad of being anti-American and took pains to defend the inclusion of the southwestern states into the union. "It is absurd to believe that the U.S. stole Texas and California since most inhabitants of the Southwest considered the 19th century Mexican government a totalitarian regime and wanted independence, and rightfully so, from Mexico," wrote a blogger who signed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Vodka Tonic for Mexico's Loss? | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

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