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They yelled louder than they ever have. They were wittier, nastier than they ever have been. Joke after joke fell upon the green and white sea above the Michigan State bench...
Although my comments may seem contradictory, upon closer examination, both my statements and Kirkland's stereotype quandary can be clarified. In the same way that there is an annoying University-wide tendency to identify, unfairly, yet continually, Kirkland's residents as athletes before students, there is an exasperating Kirkland-wide (and University-wide) inclination to overlook, unjustly, though consistently, burning issues of intolerable discrimination that underlie Kirkland's single-faceted reputation...
...crowds of russet- robed monks ritually parade a statue of the "future Buddha" around the courtyard of Lhasa's Jokhang Temple. This year Chinese officials approached that ceremony with trepidation. They feared a renewal of the violence of last October, in which thousands rioted against rule by Beijing, imposed upon Tibet in 1950. On the designated morning, some 2,000 police lined the streets of Lhasa; others perched on rooftops or mingled with the throng of 25,000 pilgrims. But their presence did not intimidate...
...many contemporary examples of "running roughshod," "personal animosity," and "shouting matches" in politics. While he is also correct in suggesting that such actions, when they actually do occur, are matters for serious concern, I must maintain that such terms simply do not come to mind as I look back upon the calm and dignified actions of Chairperson Mandery last Sunday...
...drought has descended upon Madison since then, as the Badgers have been shut out of the NCAA Tournament until this year. Today, they enter as Western Collegiate Hockey Association champions, sporting a 28-12-1 record. They are seeded fourth from the West...