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...second time in a month, the Radcliffe women’s lightweight crew performed well but stood on the podium looking up to the powerhouse Wisconsin varsity eight. After losing by six seconds to the Badgers at Eastern (EAWRC) Sprints on May 15, the Black and White took third at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) championships. Wisconsin won the meet with open water almost eight seconds ahead of the Radcliffe lightweights with a time of 6:46.51, and Georgetown nabbed second in 6:50.12. “I was happy with our season, [but] it was kind of disappointing...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Captures Bronze at IRAs | 6/4/2006 | See Source »

Obama introduced Patrick to an adoring crowd of 2,000 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. But first, the Illinois senator basked in the crowd’s love, pausing to shake hands with the crowd that swelled on either side of him. Upon reaching the podium, he exclaimed, “It’s great to be back in Boston...

Author: By Paras D. Bhayani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Back in Boston, Obama Goes To Bat for Fellow Harvard Alum | 6/2/2006 | See Source »

...place last week when Republican senator John McCain delivered the commencement address at the notoriously liberal New School in New York City and was greeted by jeers and taunting from hundreds of students and faculty. With the senator seated just a few feet away, one graduating senior took the podium and announced, to loud applause, that “the senator does not reflect the ideals upon which this university was founded...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien | Title: Wrecking a Conversation | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

...sudden outburst of chatter about John McCain's speech at the commencement ceremonies of The New School. During his address to students of the liberal New York City institution last week, McCain was booed and jeered by some of the students. He was given a gentler rebuke from the podium by one of the student speakers, Jean Rohe, who said McCain's support for the Iraq war "does not reflect the ideals upon which this university was founded." McCain himself seemed unfazed by the remarks, but then Rohe elaborated on her remarks in the Huffington Post, saying she was going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain vs. the New School | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

...what actually got said from the podium, McCain's speech was perfectly sensible. He made a case that the United States has real enemies and that we shouldn't be fighting with each other. And what his critic, Jean Rohe, said was perfectly reasonable too. She made a call for peace, denounced the war, and noted that neither Osama bin Laden nor any weapons of mass destruction had been found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain vs. the New School | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

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