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...want to lower taxes. Giving our votes to those who represent the best of both worlds, rather than simply voting along party lines will not only keep both parties on their toes, but force them back to the center from the extremist positions that have become perceived as the norm. Until we learn to stop behaving like Democratic or Republican lemmings, we’ll continue to inch ever closer to falling en masse off the ledge into political powerlessness...
When Sister Sarah Roy steps outside, she knows that strangers will treat her differently. Her black veil and conservative dark jumper stand out against the hip hugger jeans and North Face jackets that are the norm on campus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "I'm walking down the street and people just stare at me like I'm a freak," she says. "They're not doing it to be disrespectful -- you just don't see Catholic sisters anymore. It really catches people off guard...
...over Columbia (3-5, 0-5 Ivy) in front of 11,716 fans at Harvard Stadium.Dawson’s performance—120 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries—paced a Crimson offense that gained 351 yards on the afternoon. And as has been the norm in virtually every game this year, it was Harvard’s defensive line that gave the Crimson the cushion it needed on the other side of the ball.“Do you try to run the ball against a defense that’s great at stopping...
Given all this, it seems that either students like Gould-Wartofsky appear to be the exception to the new norm or that we’re just living in an age of apathy...
...election night, and there's one that always comes up in their top two or three: Ohio's 15th district, which consists of most of Columbus and the fast-growing suburbs just west of it. There is no better indicator of whether this congressional election will follow the midterm norm in which voters make their decision based on their loyalties to their individual member of Congress, or whether they will be swept up by a national wave that could wash out the same Republican majority that came in on the last...