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Representative Paul Hodes expressed discontent with the “mess” wrought by the Bush administration as he spoke to members of the Harvard College Democrats at the club’s fourth annual Leadership Award Gala in Pforzheimer House on Saturday. Hodes, a Democrat from New Hampshire, said that the election of Republican presidential candidate John McCain in 2008 would be like providing a “third term for President Bush.” “Politics is like driving a car,” Hodes said. “If you want...
...hour library during the school week. Nearly three years since Harvard College Library (HCL) first approved a 24/5 Lamont, students continue to use the library for quiet study space on school nights, when exams and paper deadlines beckon. It is now time to extend that promise to Friday and Saturday nights. The onset of reading period erodes the distinction between weekdays and weekends. Classes no longer meet during the week, and finals are administered on Saturdays as well as weekdays. During exam period, HCL tries to accommodate students’ needs by keeping Lamont open until...
...time. Once that was accomplished, what to aim for next became less clear.The Crimson ended its historic season in underwhelming fashion in the NCAA Central Regional Championship at the Texas Golf Club, shooting a disappointing 937 (314-310-313) over the course of the tournament on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.“We didn’t have expectations going into this tournament,” sophomore Claire Sheldon said. “It was an experience for us.”The top eight of the 21 participating teams advanced to the NCAA championships. While it was always...
...Harvard Men’s tennis team lost 4-2 to Texas Tech on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA team tournament, breaking a seven-game win streak and ending a season in which the Crimson decisively regained its place at the top of the Ivy League.The third-seeded Crimson (No. 51, 15-7, 7-0 Ivy) faced the toughest possible second seed in the tournament in the No. 17 Red Raiders (20-5 at the time, 20-6 after a loss Sunday to No. 16 Michigan) and gave them a run for their money...
...Word of the pact emerged Saturday night, when an aide to Mahdi Army leader Muqtada al-Sadr said a deal had been reached to end roughly two months of street fighting in eastern Baghdad. Soon afterward, U.S. and Iraqi officials endorsed the agreement, which came as Iraqi forces working with U.S. troops were signaling plans for a new push to break from areas where they had remained stuck for weeks. Details of the cease-fire remain largely unclear beyond an immediate end to the battles that have displaced thousands of residents from the Mahdi Army stronghold of Sadr City...