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...first place? In an innovative move, Currier House decided to give its collective GPA a boost by narrowing the mattresses of its residents. Sure, the new mattresses are only an inch-and-a-half narrower, but it’s an important inch-and-a-half. We applaud Currier for taking this initiative and salvaging the academic potential of its students (although it may be too late for the Class of 2007). Currier’s unfortunate plethora of singles has allowed students to enjoy each other’s company without their blockmates or roommates being the wiser...
...premises. The plan has boosted France's annual sales of state properties from €160 million to €635 million last year, a pace expected to settle down at €500 million for the foreseeable future. With 15% of that money credited to the public debt, state bookkeepers will applaud, but the French attachment to the nation's patrimoine has sparked "a deeper, wider wave of opposition to this than to any of our other reforms." Is the resistance just misguided nostalgia? Properties the size of the Hôtel Kinsky in central Paris are rare, "but its interior...
...applaud them for this—that’s a pretty gutsy move,” said Shaw, who previously served as Yale’s admissions chief. “But it’s possible that only Harvard could do it. A lot of other institutions would really have to be considerate about a change like this, since they don’t quite have the attraction that Harvard does...
...applaud Harvard" for eradicating early admissions altogether, says Pete Caruso, associate director of admissions at B.C. Five years ago, he says he might have been firmly in that camp. But today, the onslaught of applications-boosted by the ease of applying online-makes the administrative slog of processing them nearly unmanageable. Beginning the process early buys overworked college admissions workers a little extra time to provide "quality reads," he says...
...applaud them for this—that’s a pretty gutsy move,” said Shaw, who previously served as Yale’s admissions chief. “But it’s possible that only Harvard could do it. A lot of other institutions would really have to be considerate about a change like this, since they don’t quite have the attraction that Harvard does...