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...students say they are left with $50 in cash each week. RAs' perks--large solo rooms, free Internet access--will probably be at risk when the new union makes its expected demand for a pay raise. Union organizers argue that these threats existed before the vote. "Last semester an RA got fired because he missed a single staff meeting," says junior Cristal Cruz, 20, an RA and a union supporter. "It showed me we had no say and no security...
Though I was cheering for Harvard’s own Dan Weinstein ’03 in short track, I have never become “ra-ra” when American favorites try to follow through on expectations and win gold. While that doesn’t cause me many problems during the Winter Olympics, the Summer Olympics are horrible. We’re always huge favorites in track-and-field and men’s basketball. Many of our local athletes also happen to be extremely cocky. Do I root for Maurice Greene in the 100 meters...
...have had friends in strange places. In January the Wall Street Journal published an astonishing tale. Journal reporters in Kabul purchased a secondhand computer whose hard drive contained thousands of files written by al-Qaeda members. One file was a detailed account of the travels last summer of "Abdul Ra'uff," who flew from the Netherlands to Israel, Egypt and Turkey scouting locations for terrorist attacks. Abdul Ra'uff's itinerary matched one known to have been taken at the same time by Reid. FBI analysts now firmly believe that Reid and Ra'uff are the same man. Moreover...
...machine, and flew to Israel on an El Al flight. Once in Israel, according to security sources there, Reid spent most of his time in Tel Aviv, where he cased the mall and office complex called the Azrieli Center as well as the local bus and train stations. ("Abdul Ra'uff" also checked security at the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.) After 10 days in Israel, Reid crossed into Egypt and from there flew to Turkey and back to Pakistan before being debriefed (if the Journal's Abdul Ra'uff is in fact Reid) in Afghanistan...
...Best Ticket: To anything at the Opéra de Lyon, one of the best opera houses in Europe. Next up: a new production of Ariadne auf Naxos, Feb. 22-March...