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...when universities allow themselves to fall under the influence of big time athletics, “even responsible institutions end up doing things they don’t like doing.” To Bok, the Ivy League’s alleged marginalization of football helps to avoid the pressures facing other schools “to compromise academic standards to admit those athletes” who will bring home a trophy. College football playoffs are a particular concern because the money and prioritization inherent in pursuing excellence in this most glamorous of sports can easily compromise a school?...
HAMILTON, N.Y.—The ECAC standings being what they were, the Harvard men’s hockey team knew it would most likely have to avoid a loss in its last weekend of the season, and that in order to do so, it would have to play mistake-free hockey.Halfway through its road trip, the Crimson had achieved only one of these two objectives. Harvard managed to remain undefeated in the home stretch of its season by skating to a 3-3 tie with Colgate, but it did so in a somewhat sloppy performance marked by several...
Still, she says, the best bet is to avoid risky behavior in the first place. But if the thrill seeker in you won't allow for that, at a minimum check out the tour operator's safety record and whether the company adheres to proper safety standards. This particularly applies when traveling abroad. Don't take for granted that a tour operator in a foreign country is going to apply the same safety standards as regulated in the United States, she says. Lastly, you may win your lawsuit but collect nothing because the tour operator either has no assets...
...face of a pressing economic situation.In an e-mail circulated to the Times newsroom yesterday and released to The Crimson, Executive Editor Bill Keller referred to what he called “rough economic weather” before presenting the buyouts.Keller told the Times newsroom that layoffs could be avoided if “enough of you...see some personal advantage in volunteering to accept a severance package as a way to transition smoothly into retirement, or to re-imagine your career, outside the newsroom.”Greenhouse could not be reached for comment yesterday, but Alex S. Jones...
...stay in the league. Given that most of the team can’t even make a free throw—except for Clarence Brown, played by the rapper Andre 3000—this appears almost impossible. The movie centers on the extreme measures the team takes to avoid expulsion from the league. It’s a plot that sounds extremely familiar. “Semi-Pro” is essentially a remake of 2004’s “Dodgeball,” but without most of the laughs and any of the originality. While it?...