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...percent, following both Harvard’s and Princeton’s decisions to end early admissions.The strategy is targeted to athletes in particular because they often face intense pressure from interested colleges to accept or decline an offer of admission, and if Harvard doesn’t act early they might be compelled to accept another school’s bid.According to Fitzsimmons, these recruiting tactics are often called “exploding offers,” where a student athlete must make a decision within a short frame of time.PLAYING THE FIELDJacques A. Barjon, a senior...
...challenge. Harry’s disappointment with his married life drives him into the arms of Kay (Rachel McAdams, “Mean Girls”), a widow with a pin-up girl’s physique and a Goethe-like conception of love. In an act of imprudence, Harry introduces Kay to Richard, who is single and handsome. Richard decides that Kay is his next conquest. The plot twists, turns, and thickens with every scene. Sensitive Harry believes that if he were to leave Pat, she would suffer immensely. “I can’t stand...
...after onelooks at the playbill and realizes that thethree actors—Julia L. Renaud ’09, ReneeL. Pastel ’09 and Daniel R. Pecci ’09—arealso the play’s three directors. The trio allwanted to direct and act but realized thelogistical diffi culties in doing both in oneseason. After reading and being intriguedby “Old Times,” they decided to take onwhat Pecci describes as “the impossibletask we are trying to achieve.”All three have had much more...
...slowly reflecting this growing attitude. Felony level animal cruelty statutes now exist in 43 states and Congress has begun to pass federal laws against cruelty. It was the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act, signed into law last May by President Bush, which was used to sentence Michael Vick to 23 months in prison...
...Sadly, this cultural trend is also reflected in our nation’s laws. The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) explicitly exempts laboratory mice, rats, and birds from its definition of “animal,” and ignores farmed animals entirely, while state animal cruelty laws typically exempt “common agricultural practices...