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...chaos following the American invasion, he said, Iraq’s universities have become a frontline for the nation??s ideological struggles...
Competing against the nation??s best in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Arkansas’s Randal Tyson Track Center seems like a pretty high bar. But, for Becky Christensen, clearing high bars comes easy. The junior high jumper tied her career best jump at 1.83 meter to claim the fourth spot and earn All-American status. “This weekend really shows that the hardest part [about indoor NCAAs] is getting in,” Christensen said. “Indoors doesn’t take as many people...
...strengthen his Republican kinship ties? Or will his attempts to woo the right-wingers of his party alienate Independents? McCain’s recent flip-flop on torture suggests that he is trying to attract the right-wing Republican vote. That seems to explain why McCain, one of the nation??s staunchest opponents of torture, voted not to pass an anti-torture bill.This came as a surprise for those who know of McCain’s long battle with the Bush administration and members of his own party to ban the use of torture by the United States...
...time Division 1 sports, including basketball, baseball and football, probably the three most widely competitive sports nationally. All the while, the Cardinal maintains an elite national reputation and lofty academic standards. It clearly can be done. Simply look to our hockey team, which has consistently been one of the nation??s top 15 programs, winning a NCAA title in 1989, making the Frozen Four multiple times, and qualifying for the NCAA tournament, a field of the countries top 16 teams, five of the last six years. It is a ludicrous and downright ignorant assertion that you can?...
Finally, the idea that Harvard could somehow singlehandedly change the culture of college sports is just ridiculous. How, in our competitive and sports-obsessed culture, could Harvard begin to make the nation??s sports programs, which generate millions of dollars, not to mention tons of free publicity and school pride, take a more nonchalant approach to recruiting? This is neither feasible nor desirable. One of the great things a person can do is strive for excellence in athletics. It gives you purpose, direction, and happiness in a world where these commodities are scarce. So instead of accepting Caldwell?...