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In today’s world of recruiting, coaches like Tommy Amaker face a challenge: Harvard can be a tough sell for a student who is being recruited by colleges outside the Ivies that will pay athletes to come. Coaches’ successes depend on their ability to attract these...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Are Jocks Necessary? | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

That Amaker may have engaged in shady recruiting practices is worrisome (and certainly worth investigation). However, that issue aside, the affair raises more interesting questions about the nature of Harvard athletic recruiting practices: Does a strong athletic department enhance the culture of a competitive college? Should Harvard, a college that...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Are Jocks Necessary? | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

The frequency with which the latter phenomenon occurs could suggest that the business of competitive college athletics is incompatible with a rigorous academic environment. Some argue that a reason to admit academically dubious athletes is that they tend to possess a deep discipline for their sport and this is grit...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Are Jocks Necessary? | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

Given the landscape of college athletics, the dodgy practices of other college athletic departments are ones Harvard would do well to avoid. In determining its institutional priorities, the Harvard community should view athletics in the way it views Greek life. In the case of fraternities and sororities, for instance, there...

Author: By Lucy M. Caldwell | Title: Are Jocks Necessary? | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

The two men played then and have played whenever possible ever since. Especially on primary days, when campaigns go silent until the results come in, Obama slips away to a gym - though it tells you something about him that he usually doesn't let anyone watch. On Tuesday, Team Obama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Play Offense? | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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