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As the crowd reluctantly shuffled out, my curiosity was piqued. I wondered how a band with such a good sound as evidenced through admirable new material could be floating around in indie purgatory. I decided to investigate, and what I found didn’t exactly surprise me.

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Failing Labels Put Rock Band in Limbo | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

Why didn't they see this coming? Despite more than seven years' worth of meticulous, down-to-the-last-detail planning that has gone into the Beijing Olympics, China's leaders have seemingly been caught off guard by the most predictable of challenges: discontent in Tibet and international condemnation of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Olympic Shame | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

In a school that prides itself on its large number of varsity athletic teams (if not large number of varsity athletic wins), the recent cut in the junior varsity (JV) athletic program has taken many by surprise. Following weighted encouragement from the powers-that-be, also known as the Athletic...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Clubbin’ It | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

The Senator who mined this turf most profitably was ... Barack Obama (a surprise, since you never expect a presidential peacock to be succinct or acute enough in these bloviathons). Obama hit Petraeus and Crocker with an artful series of questions about the two main threats: Sunni terrorists like al-Qaeda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Petraeus Meets His Match | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

Haitians are no strangers to hunger. But even the resilience of the hemisphere's poorest citizens can be pushed too far, and with world food prices spiking this year due to shrinking harvests, burgeoning demand and skyrocketing fuel prices, it should be little surprise that Haiti is once again erupting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Crisis Renews Haiti's Agony | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

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