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...school, DePaul, which went into the championships with a 26-1 record, was toppled in its very first game, by a renascent U.C.L.A. North Carolina (21-7), a perennial power in the proud Atlantic Coast Conference, was whipped in its opening duel, by lowly Texas A.&M. Bad Bobby Knight's oh so good Indiana team, Big Ten champion, fell to Purdue. Duke, which was sixth in the A.C.C. standings, rose up to beat Kentucky, flagship of the Southeastern Conference...
...last-ditch effort to salvage Afro-American studies, may be crucial in the rebuilding of the ailing department. Those who hope for a strong Afro-American Studies Department should not hesitate to seek input into the rebuilding process but should refrain from unsubstantiated attacks. No scholars--Levine, Knight, Huggins or anyone else--could possibly meet every possible objection; ideal Afro-American studies scholars may exist somewhere, but gathering them at Harvard will not occur overnight. These three seem the best hope for the department right now. We urge them to accept the appointments and ask the students to abandon...
Thwarted expectations make for grumpy readers, and Freddy's manuscript, a rather dry narrative of political intrigue in 16th century Scandinavia, does not seem calculated to appease them. The chief antagonists to emerge from much torchlit huggermugger are Lars-Goren, an idealistic Swedish knight, and the Devil, who decides to help Lars-Goren's kins man Gustav overthrow the occupying Danes and become King of Sweden. Satan's motive is chiefly to perpetuate unrest and chaos. History, after all, has been running on his side: "Magellan had recently circled the globe, opening vast new avenues for greed...
Estis said it is inconsistent to be offering an appointment to Knight, a specialist in the Caribbean, when there is no African specialist...
With the score knotted at four midway through the third period. Dartmouth's John Donnelly slid the puck along the boards and Golden Knight netminder Pete Mielzyski left the crease to stop it behind...