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...Mexico’s student-run college papers was suddenly shut down two weeks ago by the Universidad de las Americas-Puebla (UDLA) following a series of controversial cartoons and opinion columns criticizing the university administration.According to the editor-in-chief of La Catarina, Sergio Zepeza, the administration has butted heads with the paper ever since its inception in 2000, and the animosity escalated with the paper’s sharp criticism of the university’s chancellor, Pedro Palou. Yet Zepeza said he was shocked when he saw four members of the administration accompanied by four security guards...
...Harvard team. Yale fans in attendance seemed to equal, if not exceed, Crimson supporters, and with no Harvard cheerleaders in sight, Yale’s cheerleading squad took the floor at every opportunity. After the game, an 88-78 Bulldogs victory, Yale guard Casey Hughes—who shut down Harvard captain Jim Goffredo in an impressive display of individual defense—was swamped by a retinue of female fans as he made his exit from the arena, looking very much the big man on campus despite being 130 miles from New Haven. “I wouldn?...
...pressure in the form of double-teams. And when Yale clamped down on the big man, no one else was able to step up for Harvard to carry the team back into the game. Bulldogs guard Casey Hughes, in addition to scoring 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting, shut down Crimson captain Jim Goffredo with stifling defensive pressure, holding the shooting guard to nine points on 3-of-10 shooting. Housman scored 16 points, but five of those came in the game’s final minute, with the outcome already decided.—Staff writer Caleb...
...humanity, his vulnerability," says Coakley. "He isn't perfect, despite the fact he's so damn good." Peyton's brother Cooper naturally disagrees with any such rationale for cheering on the Bears, who--despite featuring a frighteningly inconsistent quarterback, Rex Grossman--have the type of defense that can shut down Peyton. "Average Joes want heroes," Cooper says. "Average Joes want guys that are better than them." We already know that Peyton is better than we are, Cooper. But does he have to have...
...last year, few outside Miraflores Palace took notice. They should have. Adan, since then appointed education minister, is Hugo's chief Marxist consultant - and a driving force behind Chavez's harder-than-usual left turn since his re-election last month. Chavez has announced plans to shut down an opposition-run TV network and nationalize Venezuela's largest telephone and electricity firms, while pushing his rubber-stamp Congress to allow him to run for re-election indefinitely and rule by decree well into 2008. It's no wonder Chavez watchers compare Adan to Latin America's other conspicuous First Brother...