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...Indeed, Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has already indicated he will step up his bid on behalf of a bill that would restore detainees' legal rights. Such a bill, introduced by Leahy and then-Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., narrowly failed to pass last year...
...nationally ranked Penn State women’s program next year. Announced last Thursday by the Nittany Lions Athletic Department, Walsh will become the third coach in the eleven-year history of the Penn State women’s soccer. The U-17 national head coach and Huntington Valley, Pa. native returns home to lead a Nittany Lion squad, which has won nine straight Big Ten titles and, just last year, advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals after compiling an 18-5-3 season under former coach Paula Wilkins. Wilkins, head coach since 2001, announced her resignation just two weeks...
...monks’ attire was noteworthy for its many changes during the performance: A variety of shawls were put on and taken off, and the crested yellow hats of the special Galug-pa sect were donned, then doffed with the changing of the chants. These transitions were an expression of the deeply ritualistic nature of the rites, and a constant reminder of the fact that the performance was not a concert so much as the active practice of an extremely sacred and increasingly esoteric religious tradition...
...team travels to Jadwin Gym in Princeton, NJ and the Palestra in Philadelphia, PA— places where the Crimson has not won since 1989 and 1991, respectively...
...protest in 34 years, the actress joined marchers in Washington to demand that U.S. troops leave Iraq. "Silence is no longer an option," Fonda said to cheers from the crowd. Dubbed Hanoi Jane by conservatives for her stance on Vietnam (that's her in 1970, left, in Valley Forge, Pa.), Fonda said she had restrained her Iraq activism so as not to be a distraction for the contemporary antiwar movement but finally felt the need to speak out. The march was also attended by such lefty stalwarts as Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Sean Penn--as well as tens...