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Civic involvement is always a vital duty, but this year campaigns are of particular importance. Although this is not a presidential election year, the stakes in national politics are almost as high as they were in 2004. The election will broadly impact our nation??€™s future, shaping everything from environmental policy to tax policy, from foreign relations to social welfare programs. Pollsters are predicting that there are enough races that are too close to call that one or both houses of Congress could change hands...
...were selected, Etchemendy—who received his doctorate from Stanford after earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno—would be the first state-school graduate to lead the nation??€™s oldest private university...
...strip mining and clear-cutting of forests. Though Pinchot and his supporters won the debate and left an imprint on American environmental policy that has lasted decades, the pendulum has lately swung too far—under President Bush, the Interior Department, which controls a full fifth of the nation??€™s land, has allowed unjustifiable exploitation of the territory in its trust. Instead of balancing the needs of the economy and businesses against the imperative to preserve America’s wilderness for future generations, the Bush administration has given priority and far too much influence over policy...
...excitement to kick off the Ivy League season, the Harvard women’s soccer team somehow managed to look past one of the nation??€™s top teams. The Crimson (0-6-1) played a sluggish, unfocused first half en route to a 2-0 loss at No. 14 Boston University (BU) and the embarrassment of entering its league schedule without a win. It took only four minutes for the Terriers (6-2-1) to jump out to a 1-0 lead, as senior Paula Moniz sent a cross into the Harvard box and found freshman Emily Pallotta...
...barely able to disband the threat.Although it was the Huskies who got the upper hand on the scoreboard, it was Harvard who had the most to celebrate. The Crimson not only exhibited a focus it has been chasing since the opening of its season but also held the nation??€™s 10th-best team—a team that had racked up 13 goals against its last two non-conference opponents—to a single goal.Harvard looks to maintain its defensive prowess this Saturday when it travels to Providence, R.I., to face Ivy League opponent Brown...