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...gangs hold on to traditions that originated from a desire to shock the society that had shunned them. Mongrel Mobsters bark like dogs to show appreciation or enthusiasm, and use their hands to make the silhouette of a bulldog, the totem in the middle of their patch. Some wear German World War II helmets and use the expression Sieg Heil! as a mark of approval. Black Power members, who claim closer ties to Maori culture, always wear blue, salute each other with a clenched fist and like to cry "Yo, f___in' yo!" Researchers believe the gangs were formed when...
Harvard and Cornell may sit at opposite ends of the Ivy League totem pole, but Saturday’s game will feature several intriguing matchups.The No. 18 Crimson (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) faces off against the Big Red (1-2, 0-1 Ivy) at 12:30 in Harvard Stadium. Harvard will look to remain undefeated against a team that is coming off of its first victory of the season.Last Saturday, Cornell upset then-No. 23 Albany by a score of 23-21. The last time the Big Red beat a ranked team was in last season?...
...takes more than a body slide to impress some jaded vacationers. One swoosh down Totem Tower at the Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg, Va., and Andrew Lappas, 5, seemed bored. "I thought, Uh-oh, one run and we're done?" his father, Chris Lappas, 40, recalls with a laugh. Before long they discovered the indoor water park's longer, steeper tunnel slides--they start atop a four-story staircase and snake in and out of the cavernous hall into a plunge pool below--and Andrew was hooked. "We proceeded to go down about 25 more times," Lappas says...
...cover story on her from last year received 6,360 letters - most of them not warmly positive, to say the least. So I figured I had done my part to get people thinking about how someone as divisive as Coulter had become, as I wrote then, "such a totem of this particular moment. Coulter epitomizes the way politics is now discussed on the airwaves, where opinions must come violently fast and cause as much friction as possible. No one, right or left, delivers the required apothegmatic commentary on the world with as much glee or effectiveness as Coulter...
...receives II’s. The real fear amongst students is that employers will only look at candidates with the best grades. But since IIs are so common, there will be little measurable differentiation between the top 75 percent of every HBS class. For those lower down on the totem pole, the very signal that they got into HBS in the first place should carry sufficient weight.HBS should make grade release optional to shore up its reputation with employers and ensure that students give the school’s academics more than lip-service. Students should be able to keep...