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...Facebook.com, but makes them attend hazing and alcohol education seminars beyond those events required for all Harvard athletes. “We’re taking a stronger stance on addressing it than in past years,” Caples said. “I would be quite remiss if I didn’t attack the issue more aggressively.” At Yale, women’s soccer head coach Rudolph Meredith has taken a different approach, allowing his athletes to use social networking sites but banning them from posting photographs on their accounts. —Staff...
However, I would be remiss if I were to say there were not selfish reasons for my wanting to learn the language. Over my short time in and around professional baseball it has become abundantly clear that knowledge of the Spanish language is a considerable advantage...
...India to the world’s nuclear family.” The deal, which needs the approval of the U.S. Congress, would grant India the civilian nuclear technologies currently given to members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) who eschew military nuclear technologies. While one would be remiss to ignore the strategic importance of cultivating an ally in India, the current deal comes at too high a cost: the legitimacy of a worldwide nonproliferation regime and the U.S.'s leadership...
...cars. According to a 2004 report from the Congressional Budget Office, it is estimated that a gasoline tax of 46 cents a gallon, up from today’s federal tax of 18 cents, would reduce gasoline consumption by 10 percent over the next 14 years. We would be remiss to ignore that many proposals that can make an impact now demand sacrifice from U.S. citizens—financial sacrifices and sacrifices of convenience. Bush has displayed leadership in finally bringing to the limelight one of the most pressing issues of U.S. energy, foreign and environmental policy. We hope that...
...have been perfect, but Phoenix takes every blow as though he were born to the role. As June Carter, Witherspoon draws on her Tennessee roots to come up with the strongest, sassiest portrait of a Southern girl since Scarlett O’Hara. Witherspoon has been a bit remiss in her movie choices as of late (“Just Like Heaven”), but, in this film, she returns to the acting promise seen in 1999’s “Election.” Neither actor looks much like the person they portray, but their interpretations...