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Patrick Henry College (PHC) is totally unlike the typical conception of a university. Its president, a long-time political activist involved with the recent surge in homeschooling, was mentored by Tim LaHaye, most famous for his evangelical Left Behind series of books. Janet Ashcroft (John’s wife) holds the office of secretary on the school’s Board of Trustees. Public Displays of Affection, with the exception of hand-holding, are entirely forbidden. Its spring formal, the Liberty Ball (to which I was invited but could not attend) was summed up as “gentlemanly...
...which are known, rather redundantly, as Memorandums of Notification (MONs)--that killing bin Laden would be legal. (Ever since Iran-contra and other scandals, covert ops have routinely been lawyered in advance.) As Washington Post managing editor Steve Coll points out in his new book, Ghost Wars, Attorney General Janet Reno, among others, wouldn't allow a Bond-style license to kill, so Clinton's MONs would say things like, "apprehend with lethal force as authorized...
...contrast, the Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake stunt at the Super Bowl caused an outcry not because of her nipple shield or his dishonorable intentions, but more because people resented the pair’s lack of imagination in trying to get the public’s attention. The half-time performance/fiasco was so unimaginative and obvious that it became downright patronizing. The nudity was inappropriate; the condescension was far worse...
...students seem equally pleased with their more mature counterparts. “I think it’s amusing,” says Janet L. Kim ’04, a four-year member of the Friends, sipping a large goblet of red wine. “It’s a taste of outside life and also where we see ourselves in 20 or 30 years...
...Anstin S. Philips, Elizabeth Bennett; Richard Buck, Janet Gilbert; Andrews Wyman, Barbara McQuesten; Allen Smart, Faith Kenniston; Murray Pease, Martha Head; Robert N. Hutchmson, Grace Wilson; James G. Dow, Plivllis Cotton; Charles N. Frazier Paulire Robinson...