Word: patriotism
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...underlying cause of the contrasting starts is strength of schedule. Last year’s opposition was relatively weak, and wins over Patriot League foes like Lafayette did not help much come Ivy season. The Crimson posted its best record ever in 2002, but it also went without a share of the Ivy title for the first time since...
...makes it hard to write about anything else. So far I have deliberately avoided writing a war column because this war is so fundamentally not about language: either you are with us or against us, either you are pro-war or pro-terrorism, either you are a patriot or a threat to American security, either you are good or evil. Such a polarized black and white approach makes the job of a writer—whose native territory is the gray—far more difficult, as the work of interpretation becomes antithetical to the easy either/ors...
...tournament team and its best wins were over Siena and Vermont. Harvard beat two NCAA tournament teams—Manhattan, which won Siena’s conference, and Boston University, which won Vermont’s conference despite losing twice to the Catamounts. The Crusaders’ conference (the Patriot League) had a lower RPI than the Ivy League, and Holy Cross did not go undefeated in its conference like Harvard...
Additionally, the Faculty Council was designated the official body to handle all concerns regarding the U.S.A. Patriot...
Sanders and his colleagues should be applauded for addressing the serious and disturbing degree of leeway given to investigators under the PATRIOT Act. While we recognize the need for vigilance in this new era of heightened security, the U.S. must have a transparent process that requires investigators to prove probable cause, which is an essential facet of American legal values. Abandoning these ideals—particularly while we fight to defend them—is unacceptable...