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...exchange free-throw tips--if you know what we mean. And then there's SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, the Miami Heat center who spends his days away from the playoffs working with the Miami Beach police to bust online sexual predators. Shaq became a U.S. deputy marshal this spring and is training to be a reserve police officer. Shaq says he will probably give his day job three more years but will then join the force full time: "I'm definitely running for sheriff in Broward or Orange County, Florida." Game on, bad guys...
...Joseph Stalin coming back in style? Members of Russia's political élite certainly seem to miss him. Their views received striking expression in a 3,000-word article in the Russian Defense Ministry daily, Krasnaya Zvezda. The author, Marshal Dmitri Yazov, a former Defense Minister who was one of the leaders of the botched 1991 coup against ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, describes the former Soviet dictator not only as "the greatest military leader of all ages and peoples" but as an inspiration for today's Russia. Yazov's article glossed over Stalin's errors - "even geniuses make mistakes...
...think it’s a popular misconception that the Class Day speaker is supposed to be a comedian,” First Class Marshal Caleb I. Franklin ’05 said Wednesday. “In years before we’ve had Corretta Scott King, in other years we’ve had Mother Theresa. The class day speaker is actually a very flexible role...
Reacting to the off-color antics of last year’s Class Day speaker, the administration also encouraged the class marshals to select a speaker who would appeal to parents and family members of graduates as well as the students themselves, said Class Marshal Sheria D. Smith...
Second Class Marshal Dominique D.T. Nong ’05 said that the administration advised the class committee to be conscious of their choice of Class Day speaker this year and did not explicitly prohibit comedians...