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...that my “romantic” encounters went at all beyond shy flirtation with my stand-partner in orchestra. But regardless of the actual outcome of any Valentine’s Day shenanigans, the real tension in the holiday comes from the possibility of some sort of spark. So it was with great deflation that I anticipated my first Valentine’s Day as a freshman at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart…with 47 other women...
...from three-point range and a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line, also chipping in five rebounds and three steals for good measure. Playing at home for the first time since December was all Finelli and her teammates needed to find that extra spark. Over 1500 fans attended Friday night’s game against the Tigers, spurring the Crimson to their first home victory of the season. “It’s such a motivating feeling to feel the support of the undergraduate community and see that crowd erupt,” Finelli said...
...Hopefully it’ll just give us even more adrenaline,” junior guard Lindsay Hallion said. “It’s a great feeling to play where you’re comfortable, and it should give us that extra spark...
Drew Gilpin Faust’s expected election as the 28th President of Harvard College will spark a flurry of attention. Worldwide, headlines will herald Harvard’s first female leader in its 371-year history. But as the world takes note of Harvard’s milestone, it will likely ignore the far more significant crossroads at which Harvard finds itself today...
Another revealing instance of Western apathy toward non-Western abuses is the ongoing U.S. military prison abuse scandal. If foreign prisoners are mistreated by Americans, activists immediately spark a worldwide, front-page furor—and rightfully so. But when it comes to the far more routine, and more sinister, abuse of prisoners’ rights in China, we are deaf and dumb. Since it is not the U.S. committing the acts, Americans feel no guilt, Europeans feel no vindictiveness, and therefore no one has any notable reason to object...