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Based on his past experiences with absentee ballots, Wright believes one-stop-voting numbers could surge in the closing days of the program. If Obama's plan works, he will get a huge boost from the youth vote, as he has in other states. And should he win his party's nomination, his campaign will be able to apply what it learned about targeting students in a general election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 5/1/2008 | See Source »

...base to make me make my pitches when I need to make them. In some ways I was glad that I put myself through that and got out of it.” HARVARD 4, DARTMOUTH 2 After two losses on Saturday the Crimson was in need of a boost. A three-run first to open play yesterday afternoon gave the team just that. “I think it was pivotal to come out strong,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said. “We had really good, focused at-bats and we started right away...

Author: By Julia R. Senior, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Earns Revenge With Sunday Road Sweep | 4/29/2008 | See Source »

...accommodate the 500 registered attendees and guests. Harvard College rules would also have prevented the panels and keynote speakers from being recorded, Hwang added. Assistant Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies J.D. Connor said he worried the change in venue would cause Harvard to lose an opportunity to boost its reputation as an authority on the study of contemporary society. “When people think of cutting edge research study on popular culture, they do not think of Harvard,” he said. Though its first year was a success, the future of ROFLCon...

Author: By Charleton A. Lamb, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Conference Celebrates Internet Pop Culture | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...this century’s Green Revolution, it should not be construed as a solution to the ethical question of whether or not people should raise and slaughter animals. Even though PETA’s prize is presented for the wrong reasons, it will still nonetheless be a boost to a field that could take decades to mature. And when it does, I call dibs on the first rack of polar bear ribs.Steven T. Cupps ’09, a Crimson Editorial Editor, is a biological anthropology and economics concentrator in Lowell House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Meat in a Box | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...from--and, yes, probably pay a nonrefundable deposit to--another school, lest they have nowhere to attend in the fall. Some waitlisted students use the time to take action. Sam Davison, a senior at Highland Park High School in Texas, was waitlisted at his first choice, Vanderbilt University. To boost his chances, Davison had a family friend who is an alumnus write a letter on his behalf. And he is in touch with a Vanderbilt admissions officer. Vanderbilt, which waitlisted 25% more applicants this year than last for a class of 1,550, lets its reps speak frankly with students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Off the College Waitlist | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

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