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...safer, more welcoming learning environment.” More specifically, they suggest the creation of a “formal complaint mechanism” separate from academic departments. Such an entity, they point out, ought to safeguard students from religiously motivated improprieties. A wonderful idea, to be sure, but somewhat misplaced in the temporal order of things, namely because at Columbia such an entity already exists. We call it the Ombuds Office; it functions as a wholly separate channel for members of the university community to voice complaints on several fronts, including, but not limited to, unprofessional conduct, cultural misunderstandings...
...after the 2000 election. And touchscreen voting machines seemed like an obvious choice: Confusing butterfly ballots that had made the state a national laughing-stock were replaced by clear, well-labeled, brightly colored buttons; the machines were backed by the latest developments in counting technology (a field which has, somewhat counter-intuitively, apparently seen a fair bit of action in recent years); and most importantly of all, the nearest Chad would now be the one in North Africa...
...penalty kill, Harvard finished the weekend holding its opponents to one for 15—an impressive number that is somewhat counterbalanced by the lackluster offensive display of its opponents...
...suppose it is somewhat counter-intuitive, then, to suggest that the Republican Party faces a crossroads of tremendous importance—that this, the hour of our greatest victory could become the hour of our greatest challenge...
...Outsiders” also featured a mood-setting guitar solo; the scratchy, dissonant distortions were extremely effective in echoing Stipe’s downcast lyrics. The lyrics themselves were still somewhat laughable at times, but their delivery was sincere and thoughtful; even Stipe’s rapping sounded credible. Later, the rendition of “I Wanted to be Wrong,” what Stipe referred to as the band’s “State of the Union,” was lush and sweeping, with a stage awash in red, white and blue...