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...planning rallies to offer a counterpoint to the speech by the officer credited with coining the term “The Long War” to describe the war on terror. Off-campus groups will also join the protest. The speech comes in the wake of a mid-term election in which voter dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq played a significant role in the Democratic takeover of Congress. Groups that are planning rallies are protesting Gen. Abizaid’s central role in the war in Iraq. “He’s the commander of CENTCOM, therefore...
...Jews could attain the desired friendly unity with the Gentile much sooner if the chord were not struck so loudly and often.” These few damning words sum up the experience of the Jewish student at Harvard, and indeed the Jewish person in America, until the mid-1950s. Jews, many of whom were only first- or second-generation immigrants, if that, were seen as pseudo-American. But due to their growing population and prosperity, it was becoming increasingly difficult to ignore their presence. As Jewish numbers climbed at the institutions of higher learning that had once been reserved...
...over three years,” said Gad Liwerant, a co-owner of Chair 5 Restaurants, which controls Qdoba’s franchising rights in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. A lease on the space was signed last month, and owners say tacos will start being served up in mid-March. A spokesman said the restaurant will stay open until midnight seven days a week. Qdoba’s flashy website provides a preview for students wondering what culinary creations will next hit the Square. A chicken taco salad features a “crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with shredded...
...Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic are perennial outcasts in the discussion of college football’s powerhouses. The region’s most recognized program—Joe Paterno’s Penn State Nittany Lions—has long neglected East Coast competition to tackle the Midwest’s finest in the Big Ten. Even Boston College fled the inappropriately named Big East...
...were on the ground in Haditha that day, they too will soon learn what charges they might face. Military sources say Lt. General James Mattis, the senior officer responsible for deciding whether to press charges and the punishments if the Marines are found guilty, will make his recommendations in mid-December. Three Marines, including Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, may be charged with murder for their actions in Haditha after their squadmate, Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas, was killed by an IED in the early morning of that fateful day. The Marines on the ground are alleged to have retaliated by entering...