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After reading his column, third-year law student Tammy Pettinato said she was “horrified.” “The Vie Society doesn’t just hail the end of HLS feminism—it dances on its grave in spike-heeled shoes,” she wrote in an e-mail...
...representative asked if the system would cause a spike in students requesting transfers...
...After a violent week in Iraq, which saw a spike in attacks and car bombings, a civilian helicopter shot down with 11 killed, 20 Iraqi troops taken from their trucks and executed near the western city of Haditha and a number of bodies fished from the Tigris south of Baghdad, losing experienced officers to a newly energized insurgency is not something the Americans want to see. But Abu Laith is ready to fight for the insurgency if the Shi'ite leadership comes for him. "We are professional men and we know how to fight," he said. "If the government...
...Black Students Association (BSA) co-sponsored the event’s inaugural screening which, appropriately, was of Spike Lee’s 2001 film Bamboozled—the director’s merciless burlesque of identity politics in the entertainment industry...
Investment bankers are seldom hired for their ability to spike a volleyball, run a marathon or slam-dunk a basketball. But anyone applying for a job at San Francisco's Montgomery Securities might be well advised to show up in a track suit. Reason: Thomas Weisel, the company's senior partner, likes athletes on his team. He firmly believes they have an edge when it comes to crunching numbers and corporate rivals. His 300 employees, many of whom are devoted joggers, also include former top competitors in skiing, tennis, basketball and volleyball. Weisel's draft choices have proved...