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...Harvard chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon can boast of the highest GPA of any SAE chapter in the “province.” The province comprises the 11 SAE chapters in the Northeast area. Harvard SAE has an aggregated GPA of 3.48, beating other Ivy League schools such as Yale and Dartmouth. Dartmouth came in second with an average 3.40 GPA. Yale did not make the top three. The president of Harvard SAE, Nicolas A. Yannuzzi ’07, said he was thrilled to be the leader of the smartest SAE chapter in the region, but stressed...

Author: By Magnus Grimeland, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Chapter Tops Frat GPA | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...chuckle. ”With gloves,” she adds emphatically.Square restaurants working to boost their sanitary credentials have done so across the board. Violations peaking in the double digits in years past have fallen to average levels, and Square fast-food spots facing less-than-stellar reputations boast fewer violations than their full-service restaurant counterparts.—Staff writer Rebecca L. Ledford can be reached at rledford@fas.harvard.edu.NUTRITION FACTSHealth Code violations in most recent inspections:9 Tastes: 12Spice: 9UNO’s: 9Grafton Street: 6Felipe’s: 6Hong Kong: 4Tommy’s House of Pizza...

Author: By Rebecca L. Ledford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Policing Your Plates | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...headlines haven't dented job seekers' desire to dissemble even as employers have grown increasingly able to detect deception. InfoLink Screening Services, a background-checking company, estimates that 14% of job applicants in the U.S. lie about their education on their rsums. (A common boast by guys: that they played on the college football team.) ResumeDoctor.com a rsum-writing business, found that of 1,000 rsums it vetted over six months, 43% contained one or more "significant inaccuracies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Wise to Lies | 4/24/2006 | See Source »

...Yard in favor of, among other things, a new women’s center. The last meeting held on planning for the women’s center attracted all of five undergraduates. The International Relations Council, Harvard’s largest student group and an evictee, boasts a diverse membership numbering in the hundreds. Which is a more accurate window into diversity at Harvard? Another piece of University Hall’s plan fell into place Friday, with the release of student group office assignments in the Quad’s Hilles building. These assignments provide even more conclusive evidence...

Author: By Alex Slack, | Title: Two Steps Forward... | 4/24/2006 | See Source »

Corey M. Rennell ’07 will soon boast more than climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, and surviving anthrax contracted from a sheep as among his feats. Rennell will be one of six participants in an upcoming reality TV show produced by BBC and The Discovery Channel. Rennell said he will receive $10,000 for participating in the program. Rennell was one of over 100 Americans who applied for the show, according to Louisa M. Griffith-Jones, associate producer for the BBC. The program will feature three American and three British male athletes who will spend...

Author: By Peter R. Raymond, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rennell ’07 Nabs Spot On Reality TV Series | 4/21/2006 | See Source »

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