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...membership. “Anyone can become a member,” says Hersher. “We’re not particularly discriminating,” Miller echoes.The gear cooperative however, is just one facet of the club. They also run trips nearly every weekend, and an increasingly popular intercession outing.“We had a ton of interest in our intercession trip this year,” says Miller. “We have a cabin we share with the Appalachian Mountain Club. It was a huge logistical challenge, coordinating 300 people, and a couple hundred pounds...
...Cabot Houses. “But we are hoping to expand in the fall if all goes well.” In the first week and a half following the program launch, more than 20 bikes had already been taken out. “It’s already popular in Europe, Portland, and Washington, D.C. And the city of Boston is planning to implement [a bike-sharing program]. I think it’s great to see Harvard taking similar action,” says Ellen M. McDonough ’09. But why bikes? David W. McCahill...
When Dick Cheney commented last month that the Obama administration’s policies were making Americans less safe, Robert Gibbs, Obama’s press secretary, responded with the following comment: “Well, I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy, so they trotted out the next-most-popular member of the Republican cabal...
...political administrations when handled appropriately. At best, it increases accountability by reminding politicians that voters are still evaluating their performance in office and will continue to evaluate them when the next election comes around. It encourages officials to inform citizens actively about their plans in an effort to gain popular support for their policies. And it keeps voters aware and prevents political ignorance or misinformation. In some cases, the Obama administration has used these tactics effectively...
...only it were the worst thing that a Roman Catholic priest has been caught doing. The Mexican celebrity magazine TVnotas recently published 25 paparazzi photos of the Rev. Alberto Cutié, the popular Miami Beach priest famous for his Spanish-language television and radio talk shows, cavorting amorously on a Florida beach with an attractive woman. Over a three-day period, the pictures also captured him kissing her in a bar. In one of TVnotas's "in fraganti" shots, the woman wraps her legs around Cutié; in another, Cutié has a hand down her swimsuit, fondling her rear...