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...dominant team. “The way I see it is that anyone can win on any given night,” sophomore guard Jeremy Lin says. “So, this is probably as open as it has ever been.”Lin likely will be proven right this season. While either Penn or Princeton has been a part of every title since 1988, both enter this season with major question marks—the Quakers for losing Zoller and Jaaber, and the Tigers for finishing in the gutter of the Ivies last season with...
...inside-outside presence. Their emergence is even more crucial with the graduation in last year’s leading scorer, Jim Goffredo ’07, and center Brian Cusworth ’06-’07, whose eligibility expired midway through last season. Housman has already proven his scoring and overall playmaking ability, ranking in the top 10 in the Ancient Eight in points, field-goal percentage, and assists last year. Harris, who many consider to be one of the most athletic post players in the league, is a double-double threat every game. The pair first played...
...most of your favorite actors and musicians—the ones with any talent, anyway. Every few months, the indie executives at all the cool and current media outlets make a trip up north together to sign bands, steal ideas, and get blasted together. It’s proven to be a successful business strategy so far: Arcade Fire are filling stadiums, Feist is getting covered in Rolling Stone, and everyone’s talking about Canada like it was an undiscovered frontier. Born Ruffians, as the most recent imports, are a decent enough band, holding their own with their...
Fashions may come and go, but the metrosexual's American Idol sticks to its proven pattern as Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum and 15 promising artists and oddballs return for a fourth season of stitchin' and bitchin'. It may take a few episodes for fan favorites to emerge from the crowd, but so far Runway doesn't seem too big for its size-0 britches...
...months later, Dorgan seems to have been proven right and Pelosi, on yet another issue, has not been able to deliver on her promises to get things done. Organized labor, and half the caucus, is actively lobbying against the first trade treaties a Democratic Congress has been confronted with since the Clinton era. Thursday night the House is anticipated to finally pass the first, and least controversial, of the treaties - the Peru Free Trade Act - before it heads to the Senate, where it is expected to have an easier time. Pelosi and Schwab came to an agreement on the Peruvian...