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...November 1999, B.J. Averell ’02-’03 found himself the unfortunate victim of the nightmare that is Thanksgiving travel. Denied his seat on his Delta flight to Philadelphia in favor of a standby passenger, Averell snuck onto the plane and hid in the bathroom. Unluckily for him, a passenger spotted him and reported him to the flight crew. Arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct, Averell pled not guilty and the charges against him were eventually dropped. The incident attracted national media coverage and made Averell a campus celebrity. Averell would maintain his high-profile, running...
...this inattention to reasons in favor of motives, the focus on the questioner rather than the question, is extremely dangerous. Though voting patterns and demographics may be crucial to amassing power or winning elections, they don’t tell us anything about the ends to which our efforts should be applied. They tell us how to change the world, but not how the world ought to be changed—and without this knowledge, we are truly powerless...
This promises to be a contentious process, since some schools may favor cutting the five recruits with the lowest academic indexes, while others may seek to eliminate recruits with the least athletic promise. Yet others may seek to trim recruits more evenly from among the various academic groupings, or “bands...
After attending a conference at Columbia University on ethnic studies this winter, a broad base of support coalesced in favor of the cause...
While those on both sides of the issue say they favor increased dialogue, there is less agreement on where that dialogue should lead...