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...voters feeling they have to choose between the lesser of two evils. These match-ups provide Americans with clear choices on the war in Iraq, health care, cures for the economy and judicial appointments.On the Republican side, the nominating process produced McCain, the strongest general election candidate in the field of GOP contenders, according to the polls.On the Democratic side, the spirited battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is generating record turnouts of new Democratic voters, with huge increases especially in the female, African-American, and young adult demographics. Those new registrants will prove useful to the eventual nominee...
...such a rush to demonstrate a collective commitment to sociopolitical progressivism—to a tolerance of alternative sexualities and sexual lifestyles, that is—that we have suspended rigorous examination of these themes. Certainly, great strides have been in the academic area of gender studies, and the field does seem to provide a unique opportunity to engage students in otherwise marginalized subject matter. However, our commitment to engagement can cause the door of academic tolerance to be left open too wide, giving way to the pernicious sense that anything or anyone that presents an “alternative?...
...Green Revolution, it should not be construed as a solution to the ethical question of whether or not people should raise and slaughter animals. Even though PETA’s prize is presented for the wrong reasons, it will still nonetheless be a boost to a field that could take decades to mature. And when it does, I call dibs on the first rack of polar bear ribs.Steven T. Cupps ’09, a Crimson Editorial Editor, is a biological anthropology and economics concentrator in Lowell House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...
...championship. Ungar finished third in the pool of American fencers, a mark that would normally be good enough to send a fencer to the international competition. However, because the U.S. team did not place in the top eight in the world, only the No. 1 fencer in the American field qualified. Cross, on the other hand, made sure even the team’s spot couldn’t impact her trip to Beijing, winning the U.S. competition to solidify her qualification. She currently stands at No. 12 in the world. Cross and Ungar are no strangers to international competition...
...beings, at least not when they are running for office: they become robo-pols, tireless and seemingly indestructible. Senator Clinton was on fire in the days before the Pennsylvania primary, as energized as I've ever seen her. She barely mentioned Obama at all but fiercely plowed her latest field - the populist granddaughter of a Pennsylvania factory worker, the daughter of a Penn State football player. As she said in her victory speech, "You know, tonight, all across Pennsylvania and America, teachers are grading papers, and doctors and nurses are caring for the sick, and you deserve a leader...