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...right way. He said that his approach to parenting is about the day-to-day actions of life. “It’s about when you can, not if you can,” he said. “Two seconds can crush the human spirit and two seconds can build it up,” he later added. After Underwood finished speaking, students filled the lobby of Boylston trying to find an opportunity to speak with him and to get their books signed.“This wasn’t just a writer promoting his book...
...matter what restrictions are imposed. Even though the tailgate will be shorter, students will not necessarily drink less. We stand by our previous assertion that it is more likely that students will drink harder and earlier than they would if the tailgate atmosphere were more relaxed. Without the playful spirit and competition of drinking games such as Beirut and flip cup—games near and dear to the college student’s heart—the only competition will be against the clock. The policies will only aggravate irresponsible drinking, not control...
Forcing game attendance also makes Yale especially lame. The implementation of this rule shows that a majority of students evidently only care about tailgating instead of supporting their own football team. It seems somewhat pathetic that Yale is forced to take this paternalistic approach to school spirit during a highly publicized game with a rival—and admittedly intimidating—team. Shutting down the tailgate will also be logistically difficult with an unruly group of very drunk students who are not interested in a football game. Instead of these rowdy students trickling in throughout the game...
...twin bomb attack on India's financial capital, Bombay, in August 2003. While last week's bombs were likely to have been too long in the planning to be an attempt to disrupt Indo-Pak relief cooperation in the wake of the Kashmir earthquake, they will inevitably dampen the spirit of reconciliation the disaster was beginning to engender. "This is part of LET's overall tactic," said the officer. "To hit everyone everywhere...
...many ways the steppers embodied the spirit of the event. The group was organized by ’08 Steppers veterans Weijie Huang ’08 and Aisha J. Dennis ’08, but in rehearsing and executing their performance, they welcomed students from all classes, even those who had no previous experience with step. The presentation also paid homage to the culture of the South. “We tried to cater to the tastes down there, and for the whole show we went with a band theme, sort of like the marching bands down South...