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...response to the policy, military recruiters were temporarily banned from the Law School's campus until a 2006 Supreme Court ruling upheld the Solomon Amendment, which prevents universities from receiving federal funding if they do not allow the military to recruit on campus. Currently the University refuses to officially acknowledge ROTC programs...
Cornell added an insurance goal late in the third. With just over five minutes left in regulation, captain Colin Greening swooped behind and around the net before passing the puck to sophomore Sean Collins, who fired it into the top of the cage. Though the goal was reviewed, officials upheld the call on the ice to give the Big Red a 2-0 lead...
...real standout performance of the night came from Richter, whose goalkeeping upheld not only the victory but also the shutout, the fifth of his career. The junior logged 33 saves on Friday night and 37 on Saturday, allowing only two goals on the weekend and none in the final four periods of the series...
...Chinese military analysts have explained the rapid spending increase as normal for a large nation climbing out of decades of poverty. "Although China now has a growing military demand, it has always upheld the principle of peaceful development. The double-digit increases in the past should be interpreted as compensational growth," says Zhao Zongjiu, deputy secretary-in-general at Shanghai Institute for International Strategic Studies, a government-backed think tank. "I predict that, given the current policy environment, the growth rate of military expenses will remain roughly on the same level as China's GDP growth in the next...
...police officer who had headed the initial investigation and handed over the fake gems to Saudi Arabia, was arrested by Thai police and charged with ordering the murders of the jeweler's wife and son. The high-ranking police officer fought the charges until the Thai Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in October 2009. Chalor remains in prison, where he has put together a band and recorded a Thai cover of Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock." Chalor has maintained his innocence, telling the Times of London, "Not all people in jail are guilty." It's no wonder that after...