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...money. For example, last school year only one in 45 UC super party grants was given to an all-female suite, according to an analysis by The Crimson in April. Tim and Alex firmly believe that the HoCos, who are far closer to the student body, would just be plain better at distributing money...
...Lama last week lamented with a platitude wrapped in hindsight. "Everyone knew that when the first death from fan violence occurred in France, it would happen in Paris," commented Lama less than 24 hours after a supporter of his former team Paris Saint-Germain was shot and killed by plain clothes police officer trying to protect a young Jewish man from an anti-Semitic mob of nearly 150 marauding PSG fans. "All the elements were there. It has never a question of if, but when...
...dangerous juices. Along came Yanniv Hazout, 25, a Paris supporter who had come to the game sporting the colors of his favorite club, Hapoel. With shouts of "kill the Jews", and "the dirty Jew must die," the mob set after the fleeing Hazout. Spotting a lynching in the making, plain-clothes policeman Antoine Granomort thrust himself between Hazout and the mob, fending off kicks and punches with sprays of tear gas. With the horde's racist frenzy escalating at the sight of the Jewish Hazout shielded by Granomont, who is black, the cop pulled out his service revolver, ordered...
...skip class on Wednesday—sometimes on Monday and Tuesday as well—and create their own weeklong break. But if the scheduling Gods aren’t smiling on you, if you’re learning a foreign language, or if you’re just plain-old responsible, chances are, missing class is untenable. Where does that leave a Harvard student? With astronomically high travel costs to make a Wednesday evening flight or with a lonesome Turkey holiday...
Just as important is to remember to pay proper mind to the dangers that, as the risk experts put it, are hiding in plain sight. Most people no longer doubt that global warming is happening, yet we live and work in air-conditioned buildings and drive gas-guzzling cars. Most people would be far likelier to participate in a protest at a nuclear power plant than at a tobacco company, but it's smoking, not nukes, that kills an average of 1,200 Americans every single...