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...coach Steve Donahue drew a 7’0 transfer from St. Bonaventure, Jeff Foote, to help fill the lane.2. COLUMBIAA fellow Crimson writer—let’s just say his name rhymes with Bed Derby—provided the Lions’ lone first-place vote in the preseason poll. Senior John Baumann has to be the early front-runner for Player of the Year—in 2006-07, he was eighth in the Ivies in scoring, third in rebounding, and first in field-goal and three-point accuracy. Plus, he tallied a team-leading five...
...have respect for the Player of the Year,” Delaney-Smith says. “It’s important, but until coaches clean up their act, it’s not important to me. Coaches look at the stats and that’s how they vote. At the top of the list, it should be that you make your teammates better—whether it’s your energy, your leadership, your assists, your defense.”“I’m angry about it, because a Lindsay Hallion should...
...liberalizing the laws has been successful. Last year, the pro-marijuana lobby tried to pass legalization laws in Nevada and Colorado; both failed. But this week's results in Denver heartened pro-pot activists: 57% of voters in the city approved "lowest law enforcement priority." Coming after a 2005 vote removing all penalties for possessing small amounts, Denver joins Alaska to become only the second place in the U.S. offering a free ride to users caught with less than an ounce. Denver's local and political culture has been amenable to such legal reorientations. Last summer, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper...
...most part - have simply imposed $25 fines for possession. St. Pierre says NORML and related organizations expect 2008 to be "much busier" for pro-pot activism and referendums. And even though federal law is the final word, St. Pierre says that when campuses, municipalities, counties and states vote, politicians listen. "It speaks to the mores and values of those administering justice. As Tip O'Neill said, 'All politics are local...
...past eight years Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, has run the country as both President and general. That straddling of both offices - which many say contravenes Pakistan's constitution - was challenged in October when Musharraf won a second term as President with 98% of the vote in an election that was boycotted by the opposition. Musharraf had promised that he would step down as general before he was sworn in as President. But a Supreme Court ruling on the legitimacy of that election was still pending, and the court ordered that Musharraf could not be declared...