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...College Judith H. Kidd recently emailed the publication a warning that “some segments of the campus… may become dangerous.” Since those most directly offended by the Salient are Muslim students, the email would have you believe that they are ready to torch down Thayer Hall, home of the Salient. Don’t worry Thayer residents: your rooms are safe...
...league’s best pickpocket in guard Ibrahim Jaaber, Penn generates the most turnovers in the Ivies, while giving away the least. The Quakers are also the only team in the Ivies with an assist-to-turnover ratio above one.These factors have allowed Penn to torch their first four Ivy opponents by an average of nearly 28 points per game. “We know how good they are,” Stehle said. “It doesn’t matter if they had won each game by five or if they had won each game...
...Olympic torch had been lit by a sparkling blaze that circled the stage and then raced up six support tubes to the cauldron, which at 187 feet is the tallest in the history of the games. It looked as if the opening ceremonies for the XX Olympic Winter Games were over. Shivering audience members started filing out, still wearing the white ponchos that had been placed on each seat with the aim of evoking an icy wonderland on television, since Torino has been unseasonably warm and there is no real snow in town. But it turned out they were leaving...
...almost competely brown, although the surrounding Alps make for picturesque snapshots and television coverage. Torino, best known for the mysterious linen shroud that remains locked away in a cathedral here, has turned into one big street festival and in the afternoon, police motorcades with sirens blazing accompanied the arriving torch runners. After the flame was passed on, big crowds surrounded the doused torch, and people posed for pictures of them all along the busy...
...Hagerman, who first played hockey at age three, writes in an e-mail. “As I got older, I realized that wasn’t really a possibility.” Then one day, dreams of the Stanley Cup were replaced by dreams of a burning torch, eternal glory, and global competition. Hagerman knew that she couldn’t play for the NHL, but she could play for her country.“I wanted to be amongst the best players in the country, and being on the [Olympic] team is just that,” Hagerman...