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...ceremony. “Her commitment to her teammates, coaches, and school far exceeds that of any of her predecessors. She is a gifted athlete and true humanitarian.”Both Chu and Harvard sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt made the list of 10 finalists announced in February. The 13-person selection committee of coaches, media representatives, and members of the USA Hockey Foundation then narrowed the field to three in March, leaving Chu, Mercyhurst freshman Meghan Agosta, and Wisconsin senior Sara Bauer.Agosta, the first-ever freshman to be named a top-three finalist, had one of the most impressive rookie...
...It’s much more than money,” said Casey N. Cep ’07, who will read theology on the Rhodes next year. “It’s a group of people saying they have confidence in you as a person. They say: we believe in you. This is to be thought of as an opportunity, not taken to be a responsibility...
...course, that’s not to say we should. If I have learned anything from the army of past and present Rhodes with whom I’ve spoken, it is this: The school, fellowship, or academic experience that one person derides is the same one that another person treasures. And that divergence is not accidental; it is the product of the natural gap between self-reflective determination and entitled resignation...
...Sampson, who resigned as chief of staff Monday, is the focus of much attention on the Hill. But the person most squarely in Congress's cross hairs is Sampson's former boss, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. On Tuesday, Bush said Gonzales "has got work to do up there," pacifying lawmakers, and though some read that as a possible prelude to Gonzales' forced resignation, most Administration watchers doubt the President would ever pull the plug himself on a Texas loyalist such as the Attorney General, who has been with Bush for years...
...side? The Iraqi government is weak by design. The portfolios of the government were handed out like so many pieces of cake. Yet, beyond all expectations, the parliament, however ineffectual, has actually maintained a coalition government in place. And while the government's structure makes it impossible for one person or party to ride roughshod over everyone else, that means decisions are made by a painfully slow process of consensus - which may give them a better chance of sticking. For his part, Maliki has tried to project strength: rushing Saddam Hussein to execution and directing mildly harsh words...