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...even if Harvard can’t stop its name from appearing on the list, a symbolic boycott could have an enormous impact on the way people think about the rankings. Yet while U.S. News and World Report certainly doesn’t provide helpful information to College-bound students, neither would Harvard’s decision to boycott the list. Consequently, the most important contribution Harvard could make to the college admissions process is a continued focus on spreading information to as many students, parents, and college counselors as possible. While recruiting trips to underserved regions are a good...
...former Dunster House resident and Oscar winner (okay, Nobel Peace Prize winner, too) is to blame for the fact that this green monster has become my fourth roommate. I hold the former Vice President and his nifty PowerPoint presentation responsible for it all: for the pile of recycling-bound newspapers that now towers over my desk; for a national college magazine recommending that I shower with a friend to save water; for making me, a proud Massachusetts moderate (read: deep-blue liberal) feel like a reactionary; for my roommates asking me to “let it mellow...
...truth and determination to alert the world to the rotten state of Russian politics deserve our deepest respect. We can only hope that the sacrifice of his safety—and that of others like him—will be worthwhile in the long run. Under Putin, Russia is bound to continue to distance itself from the rest of the democratic world. His cronies have been skillfully exploiting anti-Western sentiments, and they have little interest in a well-functioning, transparent Russia. Yet we are hopeful that the country’s broken democracy has not yet reached an endgame...
...really am stuck in the middle and not able to do what I wanted to do,” he said. “But I’m certain that the study card I hand in on Monday is bound to be a temporary...
...says Dominique Reynié, a political analyst and professor at the Foundation of Political Science in Paris. "Now people are seeing that all that grandstanding hasn't produced much in the way of concrete results, and they're changing their opinion on Sarkozy's effectiveness," he continues. "That's bound to accelerate given public anxiety over the economy - a very heavy, complex, slow-moving variable that doesn't respond to political sleights of hand...