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...Education Presidents have very little authority over K-12 education in America. So why even talk about it in 2008? Because the public school system has reached a state of near collapse. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that only 35% of 12th-graders are "proficient" in reading, which means an eighth-grade level of competence, down from 40% in 1992. More than a quarter (27%) of high school seniors are functionally illiterate. The results are even worse in math. Simply throwing more money at the problem isn't the answer...
...doesn't stop there. The 288-yd. eighth hole and the 667-yd. 12th, specially lengthened for the tourney, are the longest par three and par five, respectively, in Open history. Oakmont has added some 20 bunkers--there are now 210 traps on the course--and moved many of them closer to the fairways. Plus, since the last Oakmont U.S. Open, in '94, the club has undertaken a clandestine, middle-of-the-night deforestation scheme, against the opposition of many tree-loving members, that better lets in the Allegheny winds and summer heat...
...terms of total income from licenses to private companies, Harvard ranks 12th in the country, according to a 2005 report by the nonprofit Association of University Technology Managers...
...golf. From the start, the team called on them to produce results. Freshmen Danny Mayer and Greg Shuman competed for the Crimson in all five fall tournaments, and freshman Peter Singh made four appearances. At the McLaughlin, the first event of the fall, in which the team finished in 12th place, Mayer’s three-under 67 would prove to be the team’s lowest score of the season. At the Yale Invitational, the first spring event, Harvard held a two-stroke lead after round one but fell to sixth place overall after posting a combined score...
...first time in 10 years, the Harvard men’s soccer team took home the Ivy League championship outright and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time in program history...