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...message is not lost on Nesim, whose dream of becoming a Swiss citizen is turning into a nightmare. Although he has fulfilled all the criteria necessary for naturalization - a 12-year residency requirement, fluent language skills, solid employment record as a mason, and good cultural integration - "I feel ostracized," he says. "I wonder whether I'll ever be 'good enough' to become Swiss...
...number of African international students increases on campus, Worth is seeking to establish an organization, modeled after the Mason Program at the Kennedy School—a program that recruits students from developing countries to participate in seminars on social, economic and political topics while they earn their degrees—to foster these students’ desire to contribute to their home countries...
...expected their defense to be weaker and we thought we would score in transition.” On paper, the Terriers were not going to be an easy opponent for Harvard. Ranked nationally, BU had only lost Northwestern, the defending national champions and No. 19 George Mason. Additionally, BU beat No. 14 Yale 10-7. The Crimson lost to the Bulldogs 6-13. This loss has not discouraged the Crimson, rather it has made it more determined to improve the little things such as taking care of the ball. “Overall I think losing that way just makes...
...chance simply has more influence than reason can account for. Take, for example, Russell Pleasant, who beat out more than 3 million other brackets to win ESPN’s $10,000 prize for the highest score in 2006. When asked how he knew to pick heavy underdog George Mason to reach the Final Four, he explained that he “slightly confused them with George Washington...
...Court's verdict, which could be issued in June, will reshape the legal landscape for this hot-button issue. "An entire provision in the Bill of Rights is really at stake in this case," says Nelson Lund, a professor of constitutional law at George Mason University School of Law, referring to the first 10 amendments to the constitution. If the Court determines that the right to bear arms is conferred only upon state militias and not individuals, Lund says, "The Second Amendment would become, essentially, a dead...