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...capability for presence, stability and counterinsurgency operations in coastal regions." With its ability to sail into shallow waters, an LCS vessel can chase pirates into places bigger warships could never go. The LCS is "an ideal platform" for unconventional Navy missions, including "counterpiracy operations," Rear Admiral Victor Guillory, director of the Navy's surface-warfare division, told a House panel on March 10. But at 400 feet in length and $500 million each - and with initial production plagued by problems - the Navy is not going to be able to buy enough to stamp out piracy anytime soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington Wrestles with the Pirate Problem — on Land | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...artists, even when they weren’t Jewish. Mentions of the Holocaust run through Codrescu’s scattered writing. When he pits Lenin and Tzara against each other in a chess game—the symbols of humanity and posthumanity, respectively—Codrescu never proclaims the victor, but the suggestion is pretty ominous.Codrescu makes the claim that Dada’s overt absurdity may be an antidote to a life absurdly full of reason “The posthumans lining the road to the future (which looks as if it exists, after all, even though Dada...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Posthumanity Plagues A Port-Dada Historian | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...tardy fan who showed up at the top of the 6th inning yesterday, the game had no sign of a likely victor. Neither the scoreboard nor the stat sheet had much convincing evidence. BU had scored the game’s only run up to that point in the third inning, and both teams executed well defensively and on the mound. Neither the Terriers nor the Crimson were busting any stitches from the plate...

Author: By Justin W. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lack of Offense Results in Crimson Shutout | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...Prado ’09, said that he has been satisfied with the advising in the department.“The professors and the people who deal with the administration definitely have a lot of concern for the students,” he said.—Staff writer Victor W. Yang can be reached at vyang@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Victor W. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Humanities Praised For Good Advising | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard track and field team dubbed the rodeo “cool,” the most excitement came from racing, where both the men’s and women’s teams enjoyed powerful performances at the TSU Relays at Texas State University and the 27th Annual Victor Lopez Bayou Classic at Rice University.“Overall it was a great trip,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. “We brought a pretty large contingent down to Texas. We had a number of athletes who were event winners and who qualified for regionals...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spring Begins in Lone Star State | 3/29/2009 | See Source »

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