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Thankfully, the night was somewhat salvaged when Banerji and Lee mercifully allowed the presidential candidates to question one another. But, even then, neither couldn’t resist downplaying the presence of the individuals who actually mattered that night, referring to the candidate questions as “pot shots” and “retaliations...
...IOP’s Harvard Political Union (HPU) calls itself “the foremost venue for political debate at Harvard,” yet its most regular event is a weekly moderated chat with pizza—no doubt enjoyable, but somewhat missing the point. HPU Chair C.R. Sincock ’07 explained that he fears that more-formal debate, à la the Yale Political Union, would intimidate students and act as a “turn-off.” However, given that it attracts a weekly turnout of about 30 of the same students?...
...came to a head in a bar brawl at a local tavern. This tiny conflict erupted into a full-scale riot which left nearly one hundred students dead.Admittedly, this took place in 1355—medieval times—though similar tensions persist. In modern times, the problems are somewhat less dramatic: traffic cones appear on the heads of historic statues; brainless students launch themselves off the famous Magdalene Bridge, surprised when they need an ambulance to haul them out the shallow river; annoying crowds wait in line to enter the town’s few clubs, only to spill...
...explicit constitutional limits. Group members can feel that people of the same race best represent them even while reaffirming that anyone, no matter their race, can participate in the common mission of the group. Though the possibility that these groups can elect officers of other races is a somewhat symbolic distinction, this possibility guarantees that students don’t feel discriminated against. By doing so, it posits a base level of individual respect that groups must show before receiving money meant to benefit the entire student body.We are not, by any means, arguing that campus religious groups, which take...
...allowed its first shorthanded goal of the season against Yale, when Bulldog captain Christian Jensen took a feed from linemate Jeff Hristovski on a 2-on-1 and beat Harvard netminder John Daigneau stick-side with a shot off the post.But the Crimson’s power play recovered somewhat against the Bears, with senior forward Dan Murphy notching a man-advantage tally and sophomore winger Dave Watters scoring Harvard’s first goal just seconds after a Brown penalty expired.“[The power play] got us the win tonight,” said Crimson coach...