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...Once upon a time, Harvard students had this fervor. Cornell's really disgusting tradition of throwing fish on to the ice began as a response to Crimson fans tying a chicken to the Big Red goal (making fun of their agricultural school...
...Upon the report's release, students independently formed a Student Response Task Force, which plans to submit its own report to Dartmouth's board of trustees at least a week before an April 14 trustee meeting...
Getting in touch with nature seemed to be a common theme of many students' intersessions, whether they were carving up fresh powder or soaking up the rays. The laptops and cell phones were forgotten, at least for a few short days. Upon our return, students sighed with pleasure as they reconnected to the Internet and read the dozens of e-mails that filled our inboxes during our breaks...
However, if you are part of the hordes of Cornell fans preparing to descend upon fair Cambridge tomorrow, then take notes...
Last year Beijing began issuing threats after Taiwan's President Lee Teng-hui called for relations between China and Taiwan to be conducted on a "state-to-state" basis, challenging the face-saving "One China" policy agreed upon by Beijing and Washington. While the House vote may be in part a bid to pile on election-year political pressure on the administration - and could augur badly for President Clinton's efforts to win legislative support this year for permanently normalized trade relations with China - the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act remains unlikely to win the two-thirds Senate majority needed...