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...Despite the growing political importance of youth, there exists the potential for still greater youth involvement in politics: Fewer than one fifth of young people are currently involved in a “government, political, or issue-related organization” in spite of the fact that large majorities of youth recognize the importance of politics. Although youth voter turnout is on the rise, it still lags far behind that of the rest of the population. During the last midterm election in 2002, turnout among 18 to 24-year-olds was a measly 23 percent as compared to 56 percent...
...ourselves a hole that we couldn’t get out of.”The Crimson went on to allow two more goals in less than five minutes, creating a deficit it couldn’t overcome. “The fourth and fifth goals were very much avoidable,” Donato said, “so I think for us to be able to stop the bleeding and keep our composure, that would allow for our third-period deficit to be a little smaller, and allow us to get back in the game. Goals are just...
...semifinals. Nguyen also made a run into the semifinals—on the other side of the draw—and lost to eventual champion and second seeded Bogdan Borta by a score of 7-5, 3-6, 11-9. In the B singles, Burke was seeded fifth and made a strong run into the finals, where he lost by a 6-3, 6-4 score to Ray Josephs of Marist. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
...really had a strategy,” McKinley said. “We started by taking them line, and then we decided to trust our blockers and let them take the hitter and then also to take angle, and that was extremely effective.”The fifth frame, by contrast, was a shootout, with the Lions and the Crimson posting hitting percentages of .353 and .400, respectively. Down the stretch, juniors Mimi Hanley and Suzie Trimble took over the game, stuffing Columbia’s hitters while hammering kills of their own.Hanley—who finished with...
...That parity has been evident throughout the season. Only three teams have lived up to preseason expectations. Harvard, picked first, continues to be near the top, and Columbia and Dartmouth, picked last and next-to-last, respectively, are exactly where predicted. But first-place Yale was predicted to finish fifth (despite getting a pair of first-place votes) and Princeton was chosen sixth.Penn, the second-place pick, would be in that position except for the three overtime losses, and Brown, the third-place selection, has floundered since the graduation of star running back Nick Hartigan ’06, staggering...