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...people who come in with a strong CS background may be the types more interested in computer games...and so [they] may more often be boys than girls,” she said...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Computer Science at Harvard Sees Large Gender Imbalance | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

According to many women interviewed for this article, the fact that females often come to Harvard with a weaker CS background leads fewer of them to try out the subject...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Computer Science at Harvard Sees Large Gender Imbalance | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

...candidates who hope to fill his spot include a former opponent and a former aide, those with decades in politics and those with no background in government...

Author: By Rediet T. Abebe and Julie M Zauzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Meet the Democratic Candidates For the State Senate Seat | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...selected as President Barack Obama’s nominee, Kagan—who currently serves as the nation’s first female Solicitor General—will face a number of challenges on the road toward confirmation, including her lack of experience as a judge, her religious background, and her stance on the military...

Author: By Zoe A.Y. Weinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kagan's Nomination for Supreme Court Seat Is Likely Prospect | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

...Senate office, Kaufman has stacked the latest books on the financial crisis on his desk, background reading for his regular trips to New York to meet with bankers and analysts. Financial regulation is a crusade he never expected to take on when he accepted his two-year posting. But his 32 years as a Senate aide - and his subsequent time as an academic observer of Washington - taught him not to be discouraged by long odds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Replacement Senator Causing Democrats Fits | 4/8/2010 | See Source »

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