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DIED. PHILIP BERRIGAN, 79, former priest whose fight against the Vietnam War and nuclear arms helped inspire a generation of antiwar dissenters; of cancer; in Baltimore, Md. Berrigan led the Catonsville Nine, which staged one of the era's most dramatic protests, dousing a bonfire of draft records with homemade napalm in a Catonsville, Md., parking...
...name sound familiar, you ask? There’s a reason. Just last season, Rolston was one of Mazzoleni’s assistants, and his recruiting prowess was a big reason he was staring at 13 NHL draft picks on the other bench yesterday night...
When Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni set the team’s goals for the year, he stressed consistency. Another mediocre regular season, leaving the Crimson hoping for a playoff miracle to make the NCAAs, would be unacceptable. With 13 NHL draft picks, Harvard is the most talented team in the conference and can match up offensively with any team in the country...
...military or civil service once they turn 18. Kanz chose the military because he was curious, and because, as he says, “at that point I didn’t know better.” During his senior year of high school, Kanz reported to the draft office to have a physical and to sign forms. He had already been accepted at Harvard, but the government didn’t buy it as a valid excuse for getting out of service. Kanz says that despite arguments about the constitutionality of this process, the criteria for recruitment varies each...
Overall, Kanz expresses dissatisfaction with his military experience. “They pretend that they have to draft you, that they really need you,” he says. “But there’s not a lot to do. It doesn’t give you a lot of skills. People who want to go to university are pretty bitter about...