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...good.” That is not to say that going to Texas or Darfur is not good, but only that the idea of service on campus may be too restrictive—that we have given up on affecting major change to the issues that immediately surround...
...floor of your room and mellow out. When the haunting sounds and incessant beats on “Who Cares Why?” or the African drum and sitar-fueled beauty of “Who Fucking Pissed In My Well?” surround you, you might imagine that the band would be playing for an intoxicated audience. But the album isn’t just one long, joyful trip; it also puts “you to shame as it spits in your face.” Although you have to admire a rock band that tries...
Their presence has only exacerbated the protests that surround the relay, says Steve Tsang, a China specialist at Oxford University. "It is very much self-inflicted damage to China's position in the international community," he says. "In any event you'd have protests ... but the scale became much bigger when interest groups knew beforehand that they would be guaranteed prime-time television coverage. What was the Chinese government thinking? How could it send the People's Armed Police to beat up protesters, even push around foreign celebrities holding the torch, and not attract even more attention...
Weatherl said while he understood that some controversy might surround the decision to invite Rove, he anticipates a civil reception...
...very lucky being in the military that we're in and in today's society. I have a cellphone. I'm able to call home every day. It gives you some sense of normalcy, you have e-mail. So you deal with it that way. You surround yourself with things that remind you of home...