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Take a look at the Patriot League. The conference is only ten years old and is 0-9 all-time in the NCAA Tourney, but the league is making strides thanks to its postseason tournament. This year, the league had all of its tournament games televised, including the championship game, which was carried by ESPN. That type of national coverage is what attracts the blue-chip recruits...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life of Brian: Ivy League Needs a Tourney | 3/13/2001 | See Source »

...Franzoni says it is difficult to convince those making the movie that historical accuracy is important, partly because many of them don't understand the history. Franzoni contrasts Gladiator with The Patriot, which he says gives Americans credit for things they didn...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Latin Professor Who Consulted on | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

...accounts, Hanssen played the role of superconservative patriot at the FBI - criticizing others for being both soft-headed and soft on defense, for being un-American, for being namby-pamby fair-weather citizens. He waved the flag and chastised others for not doing so. He famously didn't suffer fools - but in the end proved to be one himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Only Thing Worse Than a Spy: A Spy Who's a Hypocrite | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

With all his concerns about legacy, you'd think Bill Clinton might choose a noted patriot and mythologizer like Steven Spielberg to direct his biopic. Instead he tapped WES CRAVEN, the man behind Scream and A Nightmare on Elm Street. Craven was enlisted to direct a hastily arranged White House shoot on Jan. 13 in which Clinton conducted a three-hour tour of the Oval Office, Cabinet room and residence. The finished product will be screened at Clinton's yet to be constructed presidential library. "Here I am, I've made some of the most horrific films...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 12, 2001 | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...often through contacts in the Middle East. Mishra insisted that intelligence agencies brief him directly on all operations in Kashmir. He sidelined Kashmir's top elected official, Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, a figure whose political power rests more on his late father Sheikh Abdullah's reputation as a Kashmiri patriot than on popular support...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Play Nice | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

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