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...Harvard track teams may have traveled different paths this weekend, but the results were the same: success. The bulk of the team spent the weekend battling frigid weather at the UConn Alumni Invitational, while several top distance runners traveled to Princeton for the Sam Howell Invitational. The team at UConn was led by two winners apiece on the men’s and women’s sides. Sophomore Becky Christensen won the high jump with a leap of 1.73 meters, the second time in three outdoor meets she has won the event. “One of my goals...
...Duane, the original brain behind HL Central. Duane is big on student friendliness: As a first-year law student, he founded the group to generate a “positive vibe on campus.” The organization, whose board is composed of a mix of students and alumni, hosts many widely-attended events, like its Charity Bash, generating an enormous amount of revenue, said Duane, who graduated from the Law School in 2002. According to Duane, the organization is also funded by law firm sponsorships and advertisers “as opposed to taking any money from the students...
According to Fitzsimmons, having a parent who graduated from Harvard or Radcliffe will tip the scale slightly in the admissions process. He added that legacy status is not the only factor explaining their higher success rate in admissions. Children of alumni often recognize the difficulty of gaining admission because of their parents’ familiarity with the University, and thus are “self-selecting,” he said...
...launching platform in show biz. It dominates TV; rival networks refer to it as a "tsunami." Idol Season 1 champ Kelly Clarkson has sold more than 8 million albums; Season 4 winner Carrie Underwood, 5 million; and even Season 2 runner-up Clay Aiken, more than 4 million. Its alumni have won Grammys (Clarkson), Country Music Awards (Underwood) and even an Academy Award (Jennifer Hudson). To paraphrase Hudson's Oscar-winning lyric, Idol is telling you it is not going. And anyone in the hitmaking business should be listening to what it says about our national tastes. America does...
...committee surveyed students, alumni, and faculty members and documented the existence of an “empty niche” for a program of this kind, said Pratt Professor of Business and Government Robert M. Stavins...