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...cities. One of the classic, image-driven presidential campaigns featured William Henry Harrison as the embodiment of homey rural virtues, the candidate of the log cabin and hard cider, defeating the incumbent Martin Van Buren, who was accused of dandified dress and manners. One of Van Buren's more vocal detractors was Davy Crockett, who went from frontiersman to the U.S. Congress without ever trading in his coonskin cap for a top hat. (A century later, fellow Tennessean Estes Kefauver won a Senate seat and a passel of presidential primaries when he made a coonskin cap his own symbol...
...what really got me sold was my sophomore year when John asked if I'd like to cover the men's hockey team. It was a tough decision to forego being a fan (I was a rather vocal one as a freshman, I must admit), but it was a great opportunity...
...captain this year, Eckert says that he saw the need to be more vocal than in the past, but says more than anything he led by example...
...This vocal foray onto politically sensitive ground, although done in the context of past scholarship, has shown Rudenstine the dangers of public leadership. Although Rudenstine says he cannot imagine how anyone could disagree with his basic idea that diversity fosters a positive learning environment, he has come under attack from all sides...
...some vocal members of the Undergraduate Council to reflect upon the past year, and they'll offer you a litany of accomplishments. They'll rave about the council's greater accountability and improved public image. They'll even puff up with pride and refer to themselves as "The New UC." But don't believe the hype. The council is mired in a cesspool of irrelevance, misguided activism and petty infighting...