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Campus environments at colleges such as Harvard are often pervaded by varying degrees of sexual harassment that make many of their students uncomfortable and upset, according to a recent study by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), “Drawing the Line: A Study of Sexual Harassment on Campus,” which surveyed 2,036 randomly-selected undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 24 this past May, showed that 62 percent of college students felt they had been sexually harassed in some way during their college experience...
...According to the study, more male than female students are the perpetrators of harassment. Although the study shows that male and female students are equally likely to experience some sort of harassment, it appears that “female students are more likely to be upset by sexual harassment” than male students. And females are more likely change their behavior or to experience disruption in their class work or sleep because...
Ohio Republican John Boehner's upset victory today in the race to replace Tom DeLay as House Republican majority leader is a perfect reflection of the GOP's current quandary-the party recognizes the need for real reform ahead of midterm elections next fall, but also fears too much of it. After all, for Capitol Hill, where incumbency usually rules the day, Boehner's second-round win by a margin of 122-109 against front-runner and current Majority Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri for the party's number two spot amounted to storming the Bastille. "Boehner looked as shocked...
...this, with this kind of energy and excitement. We haven’t seen that this year, [in] any venue that we’ve been.” Yale has fed off of that energy to win 13 of its last 16 Ivy League home games, included an upset victory over league champion Penn last year, although certainly no match up elicits the emotion that pervades Lee for a battle between the oldest of the Ancient Eight. While Housman experienced the negative aspect of that emotion, Yale first-year point guard Chris Andrews, who helped seal the victory...
Yale has fed off that energy to win 13 of its last 16 Ivy League home games, included an upset victory over league champion Penn last year, although certainly no match up elicits the emotion that pervades Lee for a battle between the oldest of the Ancient Eight. While Housman’s experienced the negative aspect of that emotion, Yale first year point guard Chris Andrews, who helped seal the victory by scoring 10 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the free throw line in the final seven minutes, was introduced to the power of his home crowd...