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...were known for having a keg on the sidelines during games, which would not have been allowed under varsity regulations.Because they lacked the administrative funds that only varsity sports teams enjoyed, the HRFC depended on creative housing solutions for away games.“We couldn’t afford hotels,” said Keith W. Cooper ’83, president of the team in 1983 and the current president of the Harvard rugby alumni association. “We’d generally try to find a girl sorority and try to make friends...
...policy, which allows students to determine which of their SAT scores will be sent to colleges, was a particularly disappointing choice. Allowing for the opportunity to take the test multiple times consequence-free gives wealthier students an edge, as they tend to be the ones who can afford the time and money to do so. It puts further emphasis on an already overemphasized test. Just this past September, a committee chaired by Harvard Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 declared the SAT an incomplete gauge of a student’s college-readiness...
...Virtually all food in rural Africa today is de facto organic, because small farmers there cannot afford to purchase any nitrogen fertilizer. Fertilizer use per hectare in Africa is only 1/10 as high as in Europe or North America, causing crop yields per hectare to be only 1/5 as high as their Northern counterparts. Total production level has been declining on a per capita basis for the past three decades...
...remote and provincial, far from the colorful melting pots of 19th century New Orleans, or ancient Rome. His storytelling father, a newspaperman, died when Howe was eight years old, widowing his mother and making money scarce. It was only a National Scholarship from Harvard that allowed Howe to afford an Ivy League education. Recalling his early days of transition between Denver and Harvard, Howe interrupts himself to say, “By the way, in those days transportation meant the train,” he said, “It was a night between Denver and Chicago and then another...
Beachside Birthday Treat. Miami's Deauville Beach Resort has a "Happy Birthday to You" package, which includes an ocean-view room, a birthday cake and champagne for $99 per person per night. If you can afford to stay awhile, the "Miami Beach" package gets you three nights for $93 per person per night, including breakfast every day, one lunch, one dinner and an economy rental car (the total comes to $560). 6701 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach...