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...high school credit, according to Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Fowler-Finn. In order to enroll in College classes, students must submit a special application to Harvard; once accepted, they can take classes for free, he said. According to Harvard’s Associate Director of Community Relations Mary Ann Jarvis, the opportunity has existed as an informal arrangement “for some time.” “This has happened in the past with the recommendation of the high school and at the discretion of the faculty member teaching the course,” she wrote...
...take the snapshots that have been my experience of undergraduate life and develop that into a more systematic understanding of undergraduate issues,” she said.The president-elect left yesterday’s meeting with a bound history of the establishment of the first College scholarship given by Ann Radcliffe, the woman whose name graces the institute Faust now leads. The gift, Ryan A. Petersen ’08 said, would set a theme of support for undergraduates as Faust prepares to move into Mass. Hall on July 1. —Staff writer Christian B. Flow...
...wonders why Frank sprang into action in April 1941. After all, the Nazis had occupied the Netherlands since May 1940. Did the situation suddenly turn more desperate for Jews there, or did Otto Frank sense personal danger? Engel suspects the latter, referring to a theory first raised in Carol Ann Lee's 2003 book, The Hidden Life of Otto Frank, which reported that a member of a Dutch pro-Nazi party was blackmailing Frank. After Otto was heard making a remark showing skepticism of prompt German victory, on April 18 the blackmailer requested a payoff. Twelve days later Frank wrote...
...crowded street by a Harvard police officer, who patrolled the crosswalk leading to the Barker Center. Inside the humanities building, a bust of John Harvard looked down on a few technicians setting up for the afternoon press conference.After over an hour without any movement from Loeb, a lone overseer, Ann M. Fudge, finally emerged at 2:20 p.m., smiling broadly.“You’ll find out soon enough,” she replied to a question about the board’s final decision. Pausing, she added, “It’s exciting...
...viewed as a polarizing figure, transcended the racial divide with his stunning upset of Michael Dukakis in the 1988 Michigan caucus. Not only did he win landslide victories in Detroit, but he also drew a surprising measure of white support in the Upper Peninsula, and in cities like Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, and Saginaw. Like Patrick and Obama, Jackson’s popularity was based on the broad appeal of his message, which focused on jobs, a higher minimum wage, education, housing, and day care for working women. These examples reveal that black candidates can draw political support from non-black...