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...found Klein's article on legalizing marijuana very disconcerting. Marijuana has many negative aspects, including the fact that it is a gateway drug to more lethal and addictive substances like cocaine and heroin. We need stronger laws and harsher penalties for those who buy, sell or use it, as well as a continued education campaign about why smoking pot is both harmful and dangerous. Steven Glass, oyster...
...Another simple violation is called against UConn, but growing discontent stirs within the Harvard team: a harsher penalty should probably have been called, one where Harvard could have received an automatic free goal. In the end, UConn wins, 20 to 15. Harvard will not be going to Nationals...
...Police ruled out a link between the Canberra killing and the airport incident, but investigations into other attacks are continuing. The violence has triggered outrage and calls for harsher penalties as well as criticism of law-enforcement agencies for failing to crack down on the gangs earlier. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who was in the U.S. at the time of the attacks, said the behavior was "unacceptable in Australia, absolutely unacceptable." (See pictures of fighting crime in Mexico City...
...Cardinals 20-2, but rallied with a hard-fought victory over Sonoma State, 8-7. The two contests mark the beginning of Harvard’s California Spring Break road trip, its longest road trip of the season. All week competition is played outdoors where Harvard faces a harsher environment than at home in Blodgett Pool. “The ball does behave a little differently [outdoors],” Crimson coach Erik Farrar said. “So [the team] has to reacclimate to the conditions.” Harvard closes out the six-game week against Pacific...
...both threats and appeasement - our nation hates this approach," Khamenei said. That, of course, is precisely what has been advocated by some key voices in Washington, most notably Dennis Ross, recently named the State Department's top adviser on Iran. Ross and others have strongly argued that imposing harsher penalties on Iran is the key to changing its behavior in the nuclear standoff but that those penalties should be tied to a diplomatic outreach that includes more incentives and allows Tehran to back down without being humiliated. (They've also argued that such outreach will help the U.S. win support...