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12.04.2003

Odds and Ends: Amtrak Sets Highs, Rebel Yell Turmoil, Alligator Lawsuit 

AP: Amtrak to post record Thanksgiving ridership numbers for 2003...

I was down by Back Bay this weekend to see a friend off to Philly, and saw a huge number of people, mostly college students. It was good we arrived early.

I took it back during spring break to go see her, and the ride was enjoyable and worth the price, for the most part. The views of Connecticut from the window made me want to move there.

The Crimson has a profile of the Hardball host Chris Matthews' executive producer: "Dennis J. Kucinich avoided him. John F. Kerry jabbed with him at a distance. But Phil Griffin, the executive producer of 'Hardball' and an MSNBC vice-president, steps into the ring five days a week with his notoriously pugnacious star, Chris Matthews..."

Rebel Yell short note on the firing of their editor-in-chief two weeks earlier.

Someone writes into the Florida Alligator's letters pages to defend the Alligator's pursuit to print Dale Earnhardt's autopsy photos.

The Crimson editorializes against the ousting of musicians from the T subway.

And the Crimson's conservative columnist argues that Walter Duranty's 1942 Pulitzer should be revoked.

The Great Idea Dorm: At the University of Maryland, the university is looking for the next creator of Napster, Dell, Google, encouraging them through a special program.

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