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...netted the team 15 points, three more than the Quakers, who sit in second with a 4-1-1 record and 13 points. Of all the Ivy teams to go up against in its final game, Harvard cannot have drawn a better opponent than Columbia. The Lions are ranked eighth or dead last in the Ivy League, and will likely prove to be the easiest Ivy opponent Harvard will face this season. Columbia has failed to win a single Ivy game so far, despite relative success in non-league action. “This game is for the Ivy league...

Author: By Abigail M. Baird, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ivy Championship Just One Victory Away | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...eighth day, the Lord said, “Let there be 501(c)(3) forms and tax deductions and another religious reason for violent polemics.” In an age when the line between God and government has blurred, the federal injection of old-time religion into charity seems to have been a doubtful dogma after all. Over the past week, David Kuo, a former White House staffer, has published a book and traveled the talk show circuit to reveal that the Bush administration has been using “faith-based initiatives” for anything...

Author: By James M. Larkin | Title: A Lack of Faith | 11/1/2006 | See Source »

...said. “It really didn’t affect either team.”It did appear to have an affect on Clifton Dawson. The senior tailback, known almost as much for his sure hands as his power and speed, lost two fumbles against Dartmouth, just the eighth and ninth turnovers of his career.“It was a case of me trying to do a little bit too much,” Dawson said. “To have two fumbles in one quarter is unacceptable and something I will definitely work hard...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Title Race Becomes Murkier | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...able to take advantage of the money. The grant arose from a larger bill to be voted on last week. While the bill was voted on, voting on the grant was delayed until this week. Greenfield voted against the bill. “A residential house with an eighth the size of a normal house should not get half the money of a normal house,” he said after the meeting last night. “There are better places we could have put that money.” Representatives also passed an initiative to increase the frequency...

Author: By Margot E. Edelman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC Questions Gen Ed Chairs | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

...that it fails to confront the major fault of the Core Curriculum: the lack of student choice. A philosophical change from “ways of learning” to “application of learning” doesn’t solve the fact that only about one-eighth of the courses in the history department fulfill the Historical Studies requirement, and only one class in the entire philosophy department fulfills Moral Reasoning. Quibbling over methodological approaches and requirement names will only replace one repressive system with another...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Liberating the Liberal Arts | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

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