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When Jonathan S. Brito ’10 approaches you in his DHAs, the first word that comes to mind is “jock.” With a solid frame and confident walk, Brito looks more likely to spend his day carbo-loading for a track and field meet than working through abstract math problem sets in the library. Ask him to explain “A Universal Degree Bound for Rings of Invariants of n Point Configurations Modulo Torus Actions,” and that stereotype quickly disappears. But his understanding of the theorem shouldn?...
...that point, the Eagles had already established a solid lead. In the first frame, BC hammered out two goals in three minutes. Sophomore Cam Atkinson found the net after picking up a pass from defenseman Philip Samuelson to put the Eagles on the board at 8:39. And sophomore Paul Carey ripped it high from the left side to send the puck past Crimson netminder Kyle Richter just two minutes later, giving his squad a 2-0 lead...
...Crimson had some solid chances in the final period, firing 14 shots to BC?...
...Indian police and paramilitary forces gear up for a big push against the Naxals planned for early next year, the impact on schools is likely to get worse. In remote areas, schools may be the only solid construction available to use as a base of operation. State education officials say the schools are occupied only temporarily, and that alternative sites are arranged, but residents of Naxal-affected areas say that many schools have been closed for months or years, permanently disrupting education. Burhan Soren, a farmer in Gurha, says one school in his village has been occupied since...
Brothers isn't up there in the empyrean of classic movies, but it is a solid drama - about a family at war with itself - that handles its combustible elements with care and gets strong, accurate performances from Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman. The release of the film has either perfect or ominous timing, for it opens just after President Obama's announcement that he was sending additional troops to Afghanistan. Brothers, written by David Benioff and directed by Jim Sheridan, is about a soldier sent to that perilous region, with dire results for him, his fellow Marines...