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...boot. Stone attempted to downplay the importance of the clash. “It’s one big game in a schedule riddled with big games,” she said.But the prospect of carrying winning momentum into the upcoming 13-day exam layoff and the fervor usually inspired by the sight of Harvard’s nemesis across the rink might say otherwise.After Dartmouth, however, comes the real challenge: tomorrow’s 9 a.m. test. Who exactly was Abdolonymos again?—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez contributed to the reporting of this story...
...Even the remnants of his old regime, which had morphed into the Sunni insurgency, seemed to lose their fervor for Saddam. Some Ba'athist groups kept up the charade that they were fighting to restore the dictator to his palace, but others quickly stopped referring to him at all and instead recast themselves as "the nationalist resistance" or as "mujahedin," or holy warriors. Many threw in their lot with the new ogre on the scene, Al-Qaeda's Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
...strike because your roommate was clubbed” were based in events as real as “strike because there’s no poetry in your lectures” and “strike to smash the corporation.” The physical manifestation of student fervor, the shirt’s message is as clear and emphatic as when it was printed.Though the show at times touches on the question of the role of museums in presenting such works, the issue is never fully explored. One has to wonder what the Guerrilla Girls would have thought...
...senior, attributed the unusually high turnout to decreased interest in attending The Game, as well as Yale’s season record: if Yale had beat Princeton last weekend, it would have been guaranteed a share of the Ivy League Title. Yale lost to Princeton, 34-31. The fervor also extended to New Jersey. “When we beat Harvard a few weeks ago, there was a lot of excitement about the Yale game,” said Daniel C. Eagles of Princeton. According to Eagles, who is a senior, Princeton has a bonfire every time it beats both...
...Such anecdotal evidence on the political fervor generated on college campuses is supported by the new IOP poll. For the first time, the poll included non-college youth, and their inclusion revealed that students in a campus environment are significantly more likely to be politically engaged than their non-college peers. This is neither a Harvard phenomenon nor a fluke of the Vietnam era. College campuses as a whole serve as catalysts for political involvement and are likely to remain that way. Because students are constantly surrounded by thousands of motivated young individuals, many of whom have an active interest...