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Perhaps the most promising issue through which we can voice our opinion is gun control. Due to Columbine, as well as far too many other major shootings in the past year, the issue has been placed in the national spotlight. Last summer a significant effort was made in Washington to pass reasonable gun legislation. Sadly, the effort was defeated due to special interests and partisan politics. Gun control is still gaining national attention, and has the potential to be a major issue in the election. A number of organizations have mobilized on the issue, most notably Handgun Control...
...sifted through all those pie wedges to unearth the most esoteric challenges of Millennium Trivial Pursuit, and stalked the most learned professors that grace the History Department here at Harvard. Many evaded the spotlight, claiming alleged "deadlines" and pleading the fifth, all the while reeking of self-doubt and insecurity. Fortunately, though, three brave souls came forth, but only after FM resorted to hunting down victims at the Xerox machine in the jungle of Robinson Hall...
Even if this case is resolved quickly, Arthur Busch seems determined to keep the larger issues in the spotlight. Speaking to the press Thursday, he lambasted the anti-gun control lobby, saying, "I hope this tragedy makes people realize that those guns you think make you safer make our communities more dangerous." He also appealed to lawmakers in no uncertain terms: "We need legislation in America that faults parents and others who keep guns in their homes - if something happens with one of those guns, they should be held responsible for their negligence...
Itai, 43, left the ring in 1991 but has stepped back into the sumo spotlight with charges that much of the flesh-to-flesh combat is mere show. In his day, he told TIME, 80% of the matches were fixed, with winner and loser worked out beforehand in the dressing rooms. "Match fixing was kind of matter-of-fact among the wrestlers," says Itai, a jocular, baby-faced giant. "None of us felt any guilt...
...Harvard student magazine which gained national attention earlier this year for breaking news on Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura is back in the spotlight with a report that the presidential campaign of Sen. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) advertised on a pornography website...