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...guys there are friends of mine. I know that if anything sketchy happened—which [it never has]—I would be able to find people—both guys and girls—to help me out. I come from a town where fraternities are rampant. The University of Illinois has the largest Greek system in the entire nation, and I absolutely refuse to go to parties there. I just feel as if the guys will only be nice to you if they get something in return. I also feel like the social scene...
...must cut taxes, we should direct the cuts to those who would benefit most. By keeping working families afloat and assisting the unemployed, we would avert some of the worst aspects of a contracting economy: rampant crime and a national sense of failure. The proper tax cuts would fulfill a moral obligation to give those most in need a helping hand. It’s time that President Bush and his Republican colleagues stick up for the some of the ordinary folks who voted for them, rather than continuing to line the pockets of the wealthiest Americans...
...particularly good—and hundreds of tourists move from block to block and stare as if they were moving from exhibit to exhibit at the Met. There are signs prohibiting video and photography but, just like at any NYC tourist attraction that forbids them, the violations are rampant...
...addition to restating figures cited in an Oct. 7 Boston Globe article entitled “Harvard’s Quiet Secret: Rampant Grade Inflation,” the article also contrasted the level of difficulty between the two schools, asserting that “it seems getting an A is a more difficult task at Tufts than at Harvard...
...Most of the time was spent qualifying their statement that homophobia in the black community was not more rampant than in other communities instead of focusing on the core issue of homophobia and the black community,” Cheryl Sherrod ’04 said to the group...