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Once, nobody died for eight days. And I caught myself feeling very frustrated because I was researching a book and nobody was dying. Neal noticed and said, 'Hey, you're praying for death.' It really jolted me. I thought, 'My God, I'm as bad as Neal.' Then I realized, No, I'm actually much worse than Neal. He was invited to the crime scenes; people called him to come and clean the visual remains of a loved one they had lost. As a writer, I was just turning up very voyeuristically and recording these things. I was disturbed...
...glorious months, my weekly ritual of abusing my column-writing privileges by ripping Dartmouth’s football team for its self-loathing, doormat style of play came to a close on that date. With the end of the Ivy League season, I was left with no contemptible Ancient Eight athletic program to unleash my misguided fury and disgust upon...
...Cambridge City Council voted last night to oppose the use of Homeland Security surveillance cameras in eight locations in the city, citing concerns about the preservations of civil liberties. The cameras, which were installed last year but have yet to be activated, were funded by a federal Homeland Security grant program. The cameras were intended to monitor traffic during emergency evacuations, according to City Councillor Craig A. Kelley. But during the public comment segment of the meeting, citizens suggested that the potential civil liberties threats posed by the cameras outweighed any potential benefits. “They are the local...
...approval of four more classes for General Education credit brings the total number of approved courses to 70 across the new curriculum’s eight categories...
...finally clicked this weekend.”But Princeton refused to allow the Crimson to take the insurmountable lead into the break. The Tigers answered back with a 13-2 run of their own in the final three minutes of the period to pull back to within eight at halftime.Princeton was in the game the whole second half, making Harvard sweat it out for the entire 20 minutes. Tigers’ sophomore Addie Micir scored a game-high 24 points, showing that Princeton will be able cope fine without the now-graduated Meghan Cowher.“I think Princeton...