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Budget showdowns have a way of inspiring leaders to predict national calamity should their side not prevail. In 1995, some Clinton allies warned that the elderly would be forced to eat dog food if the government shut down. Now President Bush and Republicans warn that troops are at risk of assorted deprivations because Democrats passed House and Senate funding bills tied to withdrawal from Iraq in 2008. Bush is sure to veto them. He's right that without congressional funding, military operations would eventually have to be scaled back. But calamity is not exactly imminent. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service...
Following a whirlwind tour of Latin America, Father Roy Bourgeois stopped in Cambridge yesterday to spread his message about the need to shut down a military training facility run by the U.S. Army for Latin American soldiers. Bourgeois spoke in Emerson Hall last night of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), its predecessor the School of Americas, and their notoriety for allegedly teaching torture techniques to its students and graduating a number of infamous dictators. Hosted by Harvard College Student Advocates for Human Rights and co-sponsored by The Latino Political Coalition, Bourgeois described his experiences...
...outing against Penn the prior weekend. “I took a lot of rest this week—might have had a little of a dead arm—which helped me out a lot,” Haviland said. “To come out and shut them down for five or six—I faded a little bit at the end—it’s a lot better feeling walking out winning 6-3 than losing.” The turnaround came at the expense of Staehely, a 6’3 junior...
...head coach Erik Farrar said. “We need to do a better job of putting the ball in the back of the net.” The Crimson finally found a way to stifle the Hawks offense in the third. During that eight-minute stretch, Harvard shut out the Hawks attack by playing solid, mistake-free defense. But it was unable to continue that effort into the fourth quarter, as Hartwick came roaring back to score five goals to close out the game. “It is a question of 32 minutes: can you bring the very...
...team came out relaxed, fired up, and confident,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said. “It was nice to see us play such a good game.”CORNELL 6, HARVARD 4A strong pitching performance from Big Red sophomore Haley Mirrer shut down the Crimson for the first five innings, as Cornell (26-7, 7-1 Ivy) assumed a 6-0 lead. Harvard struck three home runs in a late rally, but ultimately fell short.Sophomore Bailey Vertovez went 4 1/3 innings on the slab for the Crimson. She allowed one run in the first...