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...President's schedule gives a hint: For much of the morning, the President will be in Sterling, Va., touring Europa Stone Distributors, Inc., and holding a "Roundtable on Taxes and the Economy." That promises to be a staid respite from what could be a raucous day back home...
...itself as a wounded army of academics controlled by a tyrannical bully, University President Lawrence H. Summers. “[We must] show the public that we are not cowards,” said Arthur Kleinman, chair of the anthropology department, in one of last February’s raucous Faculty meetings. “[We must] debate openly whether [Summers’ plans] are the social and scholarly agenda that we want pushed from Mass. Hall,” added Professor of Anthropology and of African American Studies J. Lorand Matory...
...COME FORWARD. But what really happened during the early-morning hours of March 14? An African-American student from nearby North Carolina Central University claimed that three men, believed to be Duke lacrosse-team players, choked and sodomized her in the bathroom of an off-campus house during a raucous team party at which she was hired to strip. She also said some men yelled slurs at her, a claim backed by a neighbor who heard the words, "Hey, b____, thank your grandpa for my nice cotton shirt," as the alleged victim sped...
...clincher for Harvard—went several points above 30 before the Crimson was able finally to win by two. In the final minutes of the fourth game Harvard jumped out to several one-point leads, only to see ESU tie the score on the ensuing play. As a raucous home crowd cheered before every serve, any tension-filled point might have meant the difference between a Crimson victory and a decisive fifth game. “You have to tighten up because you don’t want to make a mistake, but you have so much energy going...
...particularly raucous group of men’s volleyball fans—equipped with a bongo drum, face paint, and a host of articulate insults for the opponent—demonstrated at a recent home game, sometimes you must make your own magic...