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...around. Teachers know that students can text under the desk without glancing down, their phones set with a ringtone pitched too high for adults to hear. We are fighting on their turf. They are up in the trees and underground and in caves while we march around in our bright red uniforms trying to defend their dignity and virtue. Not a fair fight...
...Tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m., on home ice at Bright Hockey Center, the top-seeded Crimson (19-9-3) will face off against sixth-seeded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (18-13-4) in the ECAC tournament semifinals. The winner moves on to play either No. 8 St. Lawrence or No. 9 Dartmouth for the conference championship on Sunday...
...When the teams met at Bright in November, RPI scored with 18 seconds left in regulation to earn a 1-1 draw with Harvard. The Crimson exacted revenge in January with a 5-4 win, but once again let the Engineers come back in the game’s final minutes...
...Crimson also benefits from home-ice advantage in the tournament for the second year running. Last season, the fans at Bright helped propel Harvard to a 3-2 overtime victory over St. Lawrence in the championship game...
...similar career boost for bright students would be helpful in government. The public sector already has plenty of institutions that do the job of a West Point in the form of high-ranking government and public-service schools. The government would be well-served by starting a “Public Service Fellows” program in which students who graduate magna cum laude are put on an official career fast track. Of course, this does not mean that such graduates should be blindly promoted regardless of competence. But simply giving a promise of open doors and professional attention ahead...