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...Monday, Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., came to Harvard to test an idea he thought we should find scary: if poor people are to be sent abroad and killed, everybody should have to—even Harvard students. Rangel claims he was surprised by how little direct opposition his proposal met with. What he didn’t understand is that we still don’t get it. Rangel’s idea of a universal draft is interesting and vaguely threatening, but most of us still have to jump on an elliptical for twenty minutes...
...courageous souls have spoken out against approaching drug policy as a war on American citizens. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has sponsored a bill that would strike the Drug Free Student Loans Provision. His bill garnered over 60 co-sponsors in the last session of congress. Thus far, over seventy student governments and national organizations have come out against the law and in support of Frank’s bill. Last year, Yale became the fourth college that guarantees to reimburse students for any federal aid lost due to Question 35. These and other acts have put pressure on politicians...
...particular, the Democratic "straight shooter" has been considered by many to be a leading candidate for the head of the Massachusetts Democratic party. U.S. Rep. Chester G. Atkins (D-Mass.) announced this week that he would step down from that post...
Phenom, 26, was not giving the rep the brush-off. She did not have $8. She had $6--a neatly folded $5 bill and a one--tucked inside her jeans pocket. That was the Cochran family's nest...
Phenom is even busier, not just tending the baby but also meeting with service providers, from the Catholic Social Services caseworker to the Parents Anonymous family-support rep. Phenom intently listens to all the advice yet admits that the unending parade of support workers can be wearying. "Sometimes all I need to do is be by myself, get some rest and take care of my baby," she says...