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...Saparmurat Niyazov, who christened himself Turkmenbashi, leader of all Turkmen, and fostered a bizarre personality cult in the country. During his 16-year reign, he renamed the months after himself and his mother, required that all children read his philosophical tome Ruhnama and filled the country with impressive golden statues of himself. Economically, mostly Muslim Turkmenistan remained heavily dependent on its gas sales to Russia, its main source of income...
...measures. Its Board of Regents recognizes this inconvenient truth and has resorted to increasing tuition costs by an additional $2,500 for the next academic year, a proportional increase of about a third for in-state students. This is an unsavory solution to an unavoidable problem—the Golden State faces empty coffers and a projected deficit in the tens of billions and must make cuts across the board to stay afloat. However, while some tuition increases might be necessary, the in-state students of the University of California system should be the last to suffer. They are members...
Harvard came out quickly in the first period, and six minutes into the contest, freshman Louis Leblanc scored the first goal of the game at even strength. The goal-scoring play began when Clarkson goaltender Paul Karpowich and a Golden Knight defender tried to corral a loose puck in the crease. During the clearance attempt, Leblanc stole the puck, swiftly wrapped around the net, and tucked it in the left corner of the goal. The score was Leblanc’s third of the year, tying him with sophomore Alex Killorn and junior Michael Biega for the team lead...
...much changed at the beginning of the third period, but things took a drastic turn with five minutes remaining in the game. Having yet to generate any real opportunities on net, the Clarkson attack started to threaten the Crimson goaltender, junior Ryan Carroll. Sixteen minutes into the period, Golden Knight Bryan Rufenach blasted a shot at Carroll, who deflected it with his right pad. Rufenach quickly raced through the Harvard defense to the loose puck and finished the rebound...
Thirty seconds later, Clarkson earned a faceoff in its offensive zone. The puck was knocked toward the Crimson goal, causing a commotion in front of Carroll. In the pile-up, the Golden Knights’ Matt Beca got his stick on the puck and forced it into...