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...wake of the downfall of intelligence committee Republican Randy "Duke" Cunningham - who is in prison after being convicted for his role in a very different scandal, involving alleged seven-figure payoffs by defense contractors - the way Congress handles the Hastings saga should shine still more light on problems with how the two parties appoint and reappoint rank-and-file members of such a sensitive committee. If Democrats found Hastings fit to serve as a member of the intelligence committee at all, many would argue, they should be able to consider him for the chairmanship. As a panel member, Hastings...
...Lions opened their season against Duke, so they shouldn’t be daunted by anything the Ivies throw at them. They swept a Penn-Princeton weekend last season, so they’ve shown they can run with the big boys. Expect basketball to take Columbia’s athletic mini-renaissance (champs in women’s soccer, non-embarrassing in football) one step further...
...only kicking it a short way and giving the Bearcats a second chance to attack the Harvard goal.The Crimson did have one intangible on its side the whole time: fan support. Attendance at the game reached 986—a number second only to that of the game against Duke.“[The fans] were amazing,” Fucito said. “If ever I felt tired or anything, they just gave me so much energy and positive support. It made a difference.”The fans seemed to give Harvard the extra boost it needed...
...when every student’s work would be subject to a thorough honesty test run by a computer. It is hardly surprising that the College is taking steps to improve cheating detection, given the results of a study conducted last year by the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University, in which almost 40 percent of undergraduates admitted to committing “cut and paste” plagiarism from the Internet at some point during their college career. TurnItIn.com is already used extensively by high schools and works by comparing submitted material to a vast database culled from...
...Shee was accepted to other institutions with more well-known dance programs, such as Duke, but he says he chose Harvard, “mostly because of the name.” Upon arrival, he was still unsure about the role of dance in his future...