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...furthering discourse—or ignore Bollinger’s questions—revealing to everyone what a fool he truly is.It is a great shame that Ahmadinejad chose the latter. He gave ludicrous and non-committal answers such as “we [Iran] are a peace-loving nation??we love all nations” and “we are friends with the Jewish people.” Some of Ahmadinejad’s answers were simply inaccurate (“Jews, Christians and Muslims…don’t have any serious problems?...
...Columbia University, the nation??s sixth-oldest institution of higher learning, academic freedom allegedly reigns supreme. The administration there welcomed, to their ivied quads, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a virulent international opponent of the United States who in his country has presided over the dissolution of civil rights, an escalating assault on religious minorities, and the continued encroachment on free speech—everything anathema to a university proud of diversity and openness. And, moreover, they gave him a forum from which he might ridicule everything for which the university—and our country—should...
...speech, which lasted roughly an hour and a half, had a strange effect on me. It made me appreciate the sports environment at Harvard.Crimson sports don’t garner the same fanfare or attention as larger, non-Ivy League programs. We don’t attract the nation??s top prep school stars to play in Lavietes Pavilion and Harvard Stadium. A big reason for this is that the Ivy League has outlawed athletic scholarships, which leads to major prospects diverting their attention to other schools. But although this means that Harvard students can?...
...Iraq War. On the stump, Gov. Romney warns of the Democrats turning the country to the Left instead of forward. Both candidates have pointed out that of the main three Democratic contenders, Senators Clinton, Obama and John Edwards of North Carolina, who all are vying for the nation??s top executive office, not one has run so much as a “corner store.” Apparently, they can’t say enough about the Democrats...
...agreement—the first of its kind in the nation??coincides with a revision of the state’s policy on greenhouse gas emissions, which requires developers to assess the risk of gas production before beginning construction. Unlike the Harvard agreement, however, the state’s policy does not specify numeric targets...