Archive for ‘January, 2006’

Tomo back in mix as Icedogs jump to No.8

CHESTNUT HILL — Eric Thomassian couldn’t really do much but wait. Sophomore Craig Sanders, who hadn’t dressed for a regular-season game his whole career, got six games. A pair of freshmen — Steve Smolinsky and John McCarthy — became mainstays on the fourth line of the now No.

The Angry White boys

Jan. 13, 2006 began like every other normal day for Terrier hockey fans since the end of the 1997 season – embarrassingly mediocre. Although there have been some solid accomplishments, such as the Hockey East regular-season championship in 2000 and the surprising second-place finish last year, the ‘Dogs have not made noise on the national scene in eight years.

An instant classic

Approximately 2,000 athletes gathered at Boston University’s Track and Tennis Center this weekend to take part in the Terrier Classic, a huge indoor track meet that attracts competitors from universities across the country, as well as private clubs and overseas.

Perspective: Bush must lead a new Republican Revolution

I voted for Bush in 2004, partly as the lesser of two evils — the much lesser of two evils. On the war on terror and some economic issues, I thought Bush had done an above-average job, and I was also optimistic about his plans for a second term. With the first re-election of a Republican president and a Republican Congress since Calvin Coolidge in 1924, I believed that the Republican Revolution could finally overthrow the welfare, tax-and-spend, regulatory state — or at least place it under a state of siege.

Sufia’s Spin

Stand-up comedy entertains us because it’s about real life experiences and it’s a personal encounter between the comedian and the audience. But as much as I like stand-up, I have never seen any Muslim girls as stand-up comedians. This is a crying shame, because we definitely have enough material to keep us going for a while.