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There was a miracle atop Capitol Hill Wednesday - nine lawyers agreed on something. The Supreme Court voted unanimously to uphold a college policy requiring students to pay an activity fee, some of which is paid out to political groups. The suit was brought by a group of conservative Christian students at the University of Wisconsin who found it downright un-American that they were forced to pay an annual $331 student activity fee that empowers some causes they abhor, including the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Campus Center and the Students of National Organization for Women (which supports abortion rights). The students...
Adams House residents uphold a long tradition of smug confidence in the superiority of their House...
This is not to imply that the values of society at large map neatly onto those of the armed services. Just try telling your drill sergeant you intend to uphold Jeffersonian principles of individualism throughout Hell Week. There is a tension here--a mutual tugging at the boundaries between civil right and military imperative. But the latter is definitely constrained by the former...
Epps says he also plans to uphold the family tradition of visiting Bath, England this summer, his wife's native land...
...with 113 years of tradition behind her, Small has a high standard to uphold...