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...Richardson's family and doctors had released no information regarding her condition, prior to her death. But it appears that Richardson was the victim of an unfortunate collision of biology and physics - a collision that is becoming scarily common in the worlds of athletics and organized sports. The human body is a sturdy one, but only up to a point, able to withstand collisions of about 15 m.p.h., which is about as fast as an average person can run. The skull is designed to be especially rugged - the permanent home and helmet for the brain - but even...
...would always be a benefit for sometimes lawless students.” ‘LONG OVERDUE’ Those “lawless students” will become a part of history next semester with the House Master appointments. Undergrads had been advocating for diversity among House Masters prior to Robinson and Sullivan’s selection. “There is a sense that it’s been long overdue,” Black Students Association president Timothy D. Turner ’09 said, noting that the BSA specifically spoke of the issue with Dean...
...Prior to his alleged crimes, Fritzl had been arrested three times in connection with sex offenses - he was never charged in the cases of attempted rape and public exposure, but he served a sentence for a rape conviction in the late 1960s. (He was also acquitted for lack of evidence on a charge of arson related to insurance fraud in the 1980s.) Yet when Fritzl told police that his daughter had joined a cult, they apparently believed him, despite the fact that he was a convicted sex offender and that there was no evidence that such a cult was operating...
...February 2009, Travis Jackson, a young banker, bought Bernanke's childhood home in South Carolina in a foreclosure auction. Bernanke's family had sold the home more than 10 years prior, but the latest owners lost the house after falling behind in payments...
...many MCB professors, all news about the departure prior to Monday’s meeting had been relayed by from University administrators via Department Chair Catherine Dulac, allowing no faculty dialogue during the decision-making stages...