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Saturday will be a big test for Harvard as they face UMass in an 11:30 a.m. matchup. The Crimson are looking to avenge a narrow loss to the Minutemen earlier this season. Harvard faces Yale at 6:30 p.m. Saturday night...
...rousing, and rather implausible, plea for the handicapped. "We have a life, we have dreams, we have hopes," runs his big speech at a school assembly. "We laugh and cry, just like you. All we want is a chance to be your friend." Result: a standing ovation and a narrow loss by 47 votes. Says Corky: "That's a lot of friends...
...mounting bills for AIDS patients have renewed a call in some quarters for a national medical-care system. "Optimistically, AIDS will push this country into getting universal health insurance," says New York City Health Commissioner Stephen Joseph. "Or we may be reduced to narrow-minded scrambling to see who gets what piece of the pie." However, the current budget crisis, plus resistance to socialized medicine, makes that prospect a far-off solution. In the short run, a combination of public- and private- sector responsibility, translated into cash, seems to offer the best hope for coping with this ongoing human crisis...
...University is trapped in a vicious circle on the issue of minority and women representation on the faculty. The effect of the undiversified faculty is to discourage talented young minorities from applying for positions because of a lack of mentorship and networking possibilities. So the faculty remains entrenched, narrow and lacking in role models for a new generation of scholars...
...pivot -- at least on issues like abortion and religion -- seems to be O'Connor. "Liberals have a chance of picking up her vote in some cases," notes American University law professor Herman Schwartz, and so many lawyers target her as the vital swing vote. But that narrow opening may be lost if George Bush gets to fill a seat. With three of the liberal Justices over 80, it is possible that one or more places will become vacant in the next four years. And Bush "has shown nothing to indicate the move of the court is wrong," says Columbia University...