Word: patriotism
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...Andrew B. Pacelli ’04, Colonel Sanders means more than fried chicken. He is a patriot, philanthropist and—most of all—honorary kinsman. That’s because Pacelli is a colonel himself...
Feinstein is the author of the book “The Last Amateurs,” which hailed the Patriot League—a small conference which grants few athletic scholarships—as one of the last remaining bastions of amateur athletics. In contrast, Feinstein pointed to the University of Maryland’s decision to retire the jersey number of former star Steve Francis—who declared for the NBA draft after just one year in college and never graduated—as representative of many schools’ misplaced priorities. “Harvard doesn?...
...course, should know something about that universe. He followed Bobby Knight and Indiana around for a year in order to write his celebrated A Season on the Brink and has covered college sports for ages. He also has the tools for drawing contrasts, having spent time chronicling the Patriot League and the Army-Navy rivalry for other projects...
Professional scholars, in contrast, seem to recognize the threat war poses to their interests. At the Faculty meeting on Tuesday, University President Lawrence H. Summers attempted to put an end to their hand-wringing by reassuring them that his PATRIOT-ism jibes with the University’s commitment to academic inquiry and civil liberties. Above all, the University must avoid admitting it is implicated in the oily mess overseas. When Adams House Masters Sean and Judith Palfrey sent an e-mail to Adams residents explaining why they had attended a peace rally, Summers declared it “unfortunate...
Scarry also expressed frustration about the parts of the PATRIOT Act that might require librarians and faculty members to surrender information about students and colleagues...