Word: stirs
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...controversy surrounding the upcoming commencement speech by Zayed M. Yasin ’02 on jihad began to stir, many on campus were shocked that anyone would protest the topic. Those of us concerned that Yasin’s speech contained no explicit condemnation of violent jihad, and that Yasin himself has supported an organization that helps fund Hamas, have been told that we are anti-Islam for protesting. Yet I fail to see why it is racist to demand acknowledgement and condemnation of violent jihad after many of us lost family and friends due to a jihad against America...
...that a senior U.S. diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca, was in New Delhi trying to arm-twist some peace. After the attack on Parliament in December, India went to war footing, demanding that Pakistan crack down on its anti-India terrorists?almost all of them working to stir trouble in Kashmir?and demanded the extradition to India of 20 named terrorist suspects. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf ordered some militants arrested?many of whom have been subsequently released?and refused to extradite any of those on India's list. That's why the troops are still eyeballing each other...
...runner-up Maine in overtime, 4-3. Almost everyone on this year’s roster will be back next season as Harvard circles the wagons and makes a run at the national championship. Add an entirely new freshman class to a team already stocked with eight NHL draftees, stir and voila: you’ve got one of the most talented squads in the nation...
Wednesday is May Day - or Labor Day - when much of Europe takes a holiday, and the left takes to the streets. This year's big demonstrations promise to stir up deep ideological passions, about everything from immigration to Third World debt to free speech. In Paris, opponents of surprise presidential runner-up Jean-Marie Le Pen plan to confront the far-right nationalist as he leads his annual march in honor of Joan of Arc. Meanwhile, Londoners are braced for a rematch, complete with footballs, between globalization foes and the police who penned them in at Oxford Circus last year...
After creating a stir last October by declaring that three student groups would have to vacate their Thayer basement offices, Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth ’71 has still not ordered the groups...