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University President Drew G. Faust received the gift at an open meeting of the Undergraduate Council last night, where she fielded questions for over an hour as part of an ongoing effort to be visible to undergraduates...
...late night, there are votes too--ratings--and the results there were also a bit of a surprise. Letterman and his writers delivered the kind of funny, competent show they had before the strike. But Leno drew 2 million more viewers the first night, while Conan O'Brien, winging a wild, anarchic show without writers, had the biggest percentage ratings bump of anyone...
...What's more, signs of a passion gap emerged in Iowa, where the Democratic caucuses drew twice as many voters as Republican ones. Campaign events often had a very different feel - Democrats big and brassy and confident; Republican gatherings smaller and more dutiful. It was easy to find voters who said they had decided for Edwards or Obama but had great respect for Clinton and thought she'd make a fine President as well. Many Republican voters talked about a lesser of evils...
...group, which included seven Democrats and six Republicans who have served as governors, Senators and Congressmen, listed eight challenges facing the next President. Convened by former Oklahoma Senator David Boren, the bipartisan group included former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn and former Secretary of Defense William Cohen. While the meeting drew attention for its discussion of a possible third-party candidacy in the 2008 election, the panel's most valuable contribution was that way it detailed - and did not sugarcoat - the nation's challenges over the next decade. Amid a campaign that is often criticized for shortchanging voters on a substantive...
CORRECTION: The Jan. 9 news article "With New Book Out, Faust Shows Historical Side" incorrectly stated that "This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War" is Drew G. Faust's fifth book. In fact, it is her sixth...