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...shining on the misdeeds” that happened in places like New Orleans was an effective way of mobilizing gun supporters to fight for Second Amendment rights. Froman also took time to criticize the D.C. Gun Ban—a longstanding ban on handguns in the nation??s capital—calling it one of the “most draconian laws” in the country. “If anything in the world can possibly violate the Second Amendment, then surely the D.C. Gun Ban can,” she said. During the question-and-answer...
...York, O’Connor garnered four New York state championship titles and was a five-time sectional champion. O’Connor was also named first team All-America and a member of the Amateur Wrestling News Dream Team. Ranked number one in his weight-class for Nation??s Best 2006 High School Wrestlers, O’Connor finished his high school campaign with a 238-12 record.To add on to his impressive wrestling resume, the New Yorker was awarded the Dave Schultz High School Excellence award by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum...
...second best in school history after last year’s national championship season. After regional competition, Harvard qualified just nine fencers for nationals, a number mathematically insufficient to allow the team to repeat. But two at-large bids later, the Crimson looked to have a shot at the nation??s strongest 12-person teams—Penn State, St. John’s, and Columbia. The Nittany Lions’ 194 wins blew the competition away, easily surpassing second-place St. John’s (176). Columbia (169), Notre Dame (160), and Ohio State (144) rounded...
...second best in school history after last year’s national championship season. After regional competition, Harvard qualified just nine fencers for nationals, a number mathematically insufficient to allow the team to repeat. But two at-large bids later the Crimson looked to have a shot at the nation??s strongest 12-person teams—Penn State, St. John’s, and Columbia. The Nittany Lions’ 194 wins blew the competition away, easily surpassing second-place St. John’s (176). Columbia (169), Notre Dame (160), and Ohio State (144) rounded...
...demagogue spreading jingoism across postwar America. The two men had little to do with each other, and had Pusey been elected the head of a less influential institution, McCarthy may never have heard his name. But Pusey, as president of Harvard, quickly realized he had tremendous influence over the nation??s academic discourse. He chose to challenge creeping McCarthyism by rallying academics behind free speech and the independence of universities, leading the circle of critics who saved America from paranoid implosion. It is no coincidence, then, that he is remembered as one of the strongest and most effective...