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...This time of year, everybody has so much videotape on each other that there’s not a lot of secrets, and that’s when the defenses tend to take over,” Murphy said. “This could be a defensive battle...
Music for me is a lot about personal expression—not just playing, but listening as well. I tend to really get into the music, and I find that making good music can be a soothing experience after a stressful day or week. It’s also a great way to meet other people you might not have met otherwise. My roommates and I are concentrating in computer science, physics, engineering, history, and social studies, but we’re all brought together by our music...
Compared to some of their opponents, the Crimson’s projected top scorers tend to measure on the small side, with assistant Tom Cavanagh at 6’0, Charlie Johnson and Steve Mandes at 5’11 and Kevin Du at 5’8. That’s not to say they can’t deliver a hit or physical performance, but playmakers cut from their cloth have disproportionately suffered in the neutral zone as a result of those no-calls...
...depends. Pollsters first estimate what the turnout will be on Election Day and then designate the same percentage of their respondents--again, based on highest scores--as "likely." Assumptions of who will vote thus have an enormous impact on poll results (especially because minority and low-income voters, who tend to vote less consistently, usually get lower scores). Predictions could be thrown off by big get-out-the-vote efforts as well as unforeseen events in the final days of the campaign. --By Mitch Frank
...broader area, like the voter's home county. Twenty-eight states have adopted the first position, 17 the second; five allow Election Day registration, and in North Dakota you can just show up. Generally, Republicans take the more restrictive view, Democrats the more inclusive one. Reason: poor voters, who tend to vote Democratic, move more often than wealthier ones and are thus less apt to know their appropriate precinct. Lawsuits over provisional ballots have already sprung up in five states. In Michigan, a federal judge ruled for the more inclusive interpretation. The Florida Supreme Court took the narrower home-precinct...