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...great deal of talent, has the coaching staff and players all anticipating a very successful season. “If we can stay healthy and if we can continue to work and keep the right attitude, we can do special things,” Clark said. And the manner of their early performances has the players already thinking of another trip to the NCAA tournament. “The last two years we’ve felt that we’ve underachieved a bit,” Akpan said. “So while our immediate goal...
...students to “understand [our]selves as products of—and participants in—traditions of art, ideas, and values.” These ideals are lofty and laudable. Unfortunately, though, they have proven nearly impossible to achieve in an efficient and well-implemented manner. As such, students have been left instead as products of—and participants in—a tradition of great plans poorly executed...
...University, both by launching the HUPD review committee and by taking other meaningful steps—including, for instance, requiring incoming freshmen to complete readings on racial sensitivity—now seems to be working to solve Harvard’s race problems in a concerted and dedicated manner. The University’s commendable effort should surely garner the support and active engagement of all members of the Harvard community...
...turn them on right now in your dorm room—the party’s right here, y’all! If you’re wondering what student groups to get involved with, it’s fairly straightforward. Do you find this prose disdainful in a manner that is at once didactic and orotund? If so, comp the Advocate. Are you copyediting this page at Berryline while listening to Miley Cyrus with your pants off? If so, comp The Crimson. Or are you just holding out for a penis joke? Well then, you’re doomed...
...screen, it was much different; the real information, it seemed, was in the tone and manner of the exchange. (On the transcript, Palin's attempt at defining the Bush Doctrine was "His worldview." On the screen, it was "His worldview?" - with a hint of a challenge in it.) She injected "Charlie" into her answers constantly, as if trying to draw him in; he kept a distanced and almost curt manner, following up briskly and often. After a few follow-ups to his question on whether the U.S. had the right to invade Pakistan to pursue terrorist leaders, he asked bluntly...