Word: oles
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...thank me for not thoroughly delving into the implications of perhaps the collegiate level’s most controversial moniker, the Rebels of Ole Miss, which can be read as a tacit approbation of slavery and the Confederate cause...
...husbands.” If Harvard seeks a simple solution to not only obviate on-campus homicides but also to promote student well-being, it need look no further. The answer is something that makes even the least nostalgic of us hearken back to the good ‘ole days of junior high: PE. Harvard should create a physical education department, and institute a mandatory physical education graduation requirement...
DIED. Buddy Killen, 73, powerful Nashville music publisher and songwriter who launched the careers of Dolly Parton and Whisperin' Bill Anderson and turned Tree International, the company he ran with Grand Ole Opry manager Jack Stapp, into a music-publishing titan; of liver and pancreatic cancer; in Nashville. Killen's songs became hits for performers like Conway Twitty (I May Never Get to Heaven) and the Little Dippers (Forever). In 1989, in a deal that marked a new high for country music, he sold Tree International to CBS for more than $30 million...
...poster boy for the steroids controversy is unfair. The proper question is not, “Who is using pine tar?” The right question is, “Who isn’t?” Either way, it’s pretty clear that Ole Kenny subscribes to another famous adage: “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.”—Frank Herrmann can be reached at fherrman@fas.harvard.edu...
...Game itself.From a sports perspective, I fear that The Game is going to lose the atmosphere that makes it so great.At any institution that values its athletic tradition, the events surrounding the game are at least as important as the contest itself. Just ask fans in The Grove at Ole Miss, The Cage at Virginia Tech, or anyone within 10 miles of Bryant-Denny stadium in Alabama, and the lesson is clear: the tailgate as a social event is critical. What could possibly be better than people gathering together to celebrate how Harvard is clearly far superior to Yale...