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...event, part of a larger, national “Day of Action?? organized by the Union of Progressive Zionists (UPZ), focused on how to apportion control of Jerusalem’s Old City, a contested point in any future peace agreement...
...back! My favorite league, with my all-time favorite athlete (Kobe Bryant), is here for another installment of faaaaaan-tastic action??or at least, that’s what their slogan used to say.Overwhelmingly negative tales of the fall of the NBA due to its awful relationship with its fans have been the real story coming into this season. From the Washington Post columnist Michael Wilbon saying, “unarguably, the NBA is in need of a rebound,” to Chuck Klosterman for ESPN the Magazine declaring, “the NBA is always...
...normal life forces former athletes to live off their pensions, which amount to no more than a sub-poverty $12,000 per year. The 32 owners are certainly the masterminds behind the league’s shady treatment of its pastime superstars. But far more deplorable is the action??or inaction—of the NFL Player’s Association. The NFLPA, led by former Oakland Raider guard Gene Upshaw, has turned its back on its own. Despite the existence of a $1 billion NFLPA fund for retirees, the tax forms from 2006 show that only about...
Natalie C. Jacoby ’10, a board member of the Harvard College Alliance of Rock and Roll, said she was particularly impressed by Show Me Action??s rise to fame...
...importance of standardized testing in college admissions finally seems to be spreading to those with the power to reform the system. Indeed, at the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) Conference held last week, discussion about the importance of standardized testing took the limelight. And NACAC is taking action??it formed a Commission on the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate Admission, chaired by Harvard Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, which will issue a report next year.The Commission’s report is expected to address the effect of test preparation...