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The three members of the British band Muse -- Matthew Bellamy on vocals and guitars, Chris Wolstenholme on bass and Dominic Howard on drums -- have accomplished quite a bit for each being only 20 years of age. Their first album, "Showbiz," sold over 700,000 copies worldwide.
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In the overwhelming crush of recent events, we have neglected the one problem we may actually be able to influence: Some of our classmates are nervous that they will be on the receiving end of suspicious stares and harrassment. Most of us assume that the high value HLS places on intellectualism will insulate our community from occassions of discrimination.
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There are seven million Muslims in America. Islam is either the second or the third largest religion in America. It will soon be the second largest religion. American Muslims are the most diverse population of all world Muslims. The American mosque is arguably the most racially integrated of all American places of worship, according to one recent study.
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King Clark: End of the reign? In last week's RECORD, six professors rushed to the defense of Dean Clark, accusing Arkadi Gerney, 3L, of mischaracterizing evidence and making "unfair" accusations in his call for a change of leadership. While I agree that calling for a new dean may seem extreme, history indicates that the time may have come to do so.
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Bucking a trend of troublesome 3L attrition, the Legal Aid Bureau is entering a renaissance of sorts as this school year begins. Bureau President Matt Watkins '02 said of the decade-long slump in Bureau retention, "we're sort of in an ongoing process ... [we've implemented a] host of changes in just about everything we do, and our retention is definitely better this year than last year.
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When Julie Zeglis '02 heard that she had won the Sears Prize for her work last year, she was more than a little surprised. "I didn't know that there was [a Sears Prize awarded] after 2L year," Zeglis said. "I thought, hey, nice grades, but I didn't think I was in the running for anything.
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The terrorist attack last week will change all of our lives forever. I would not wish on anyone the agony I experienced waiting to find out if my friends were alive, but I know that all too many of us felt it, and that the pain only increased when the answers came.
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Clearly, last Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 was tragic and horrible, on a scale that most of us had never known before. Words cannot adequately describe the emotions that we as Americans are feeling right now, and I have no intention of trying. But as we try to make sense of these attacks upon our nation, it is inevitable that we will focus upon the causes, to see what we might have done differently to prevent or avoid such a terrible outcome.
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It has now become something of a cliché to say that what happened in New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001 was at turns unprecedented or predictable. I submit that it was both. Dave Min, my foil in this bi-weekly column for the RECORD, and I have agreed to discuss the relative wisdom of American "engagement" in local struggles abroad, at least for the past 10 years or so.
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Dear fellow HLS students, As-Salaam Alaikum, As Americans and as Muslims, we offer our condolences and deepest sympathies to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Many of us have been personally touched by the attacks. We are as pained as all other Americans by the tragedy -- we have lost loved ones and our lives have been forever changed.
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In a brand new 1L Experience, JEREMY BLACHMAN gets his first taste of law school recruiting. Not only are the toys not much fun, but the recruiters want you to know stuff about their firms. And what exactly is the ACLU giving out?
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Harvard University has not gotten much slack from students for the bin Ladin fellowship at the law school. Andy Tiedemann of the Harvard Development Office told the Harvard Crimson that no students have contacted him objecting to the fellowship. In late September, the University was criticized by Cambridge City Councilman Kenneth Reeves who demanded that the University donate the bin Laden endowment to victims of the September 11 attacks.