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...live in an America where it has become normal to consider it inherently suspect to be associated with Muslims and Arabs? Press reactions—including Harvard student publications that claim to be neutral as well as those that are “conservative”—to a recent gift supporting Islamic studies at Harvard suggest that this is indeed where we live. The headline of a recent article in the Crimson Magazine reads “No Strings Attached? A generous prince left Harvard a hefty sum. But might his ties to the Arab world affect...
...even as I walk around the weight room and mix in sets with many of the major leaguers, I find that none possess superhuman strength. They are essentially normal. If their faces were not constantly displayed on ESPN they would be hard to distinguish from anyone else; this is especially true for many of the pitchers, who tend to be on the flabby side. One player in particular, thirteen-year veteran and Indians closer Bob Wickman (6’1 240 lbs.), could easily pass for a regular local patron at the Hong Kong, perched on a bar stool next...
...Quincy, those who arrived half an hour before the usual closing time of 7:15 p.m. were turned away, told that there was no more food to serve, nor trays to serve it on. And those who were “lucky” enough to arrive during normal hours were indeed fortunate in comparison—some intrepid students successfully located a bowl of chicken rice soup and a fork to eat it with. Jami Snyder, a spokesperson for Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), claims that the rush of 900 students served in Quincy on Sunday night?...
...guilty—not the other way around. The entire team, university, and city are facing unreasonable scrutiny for the alleged actions of a few. The sensationalism brought on by the media and the District Attorney must die down, and life at Duke should be allowed to return to normal for all but the parties directly involved...
Denis Donaldson was supposed to be a sign of changing times in Northern Ireland, not a reminder of its brutal, unforgiving past. Last December, when the IRA veteran admitted being a British agent for more than 20 years, his treachery didn't trigger the normal end for informers - a hasty, secret court-martial and a bullet in the back of the head; only five months before, the IRA had renounced violence for good, and so its political arm, Sinn Fein, promised that Donaldson would be left alone...