Word: brights
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HARVARD claims to seek diversity in its admissions, which is its reason for not admitting more bright Asian-Americans. Harvard, along with other universities, is now under investigation by the Department of Education for possible discrimination. Although Asian-Americans have higher GPAs, Harvard traditionally has said its admissions process is based upon other criteria for diversity, athletic ability being among them...
This is not to say that all athletes at Harvard are not as bright as their peers, or that they don't deserve to be here. Of course, many of the athletes here are very bright and contribute to the intellectual atmosphere of this school. But athletes should not be given a special preference for admission, as they don't add any measure of diversity to what must remain an academic community...
...only other bright spot for Harvard was thereturn of Co-Captain Neil Phillips, who was backin uniform after recovering from football season.Although he was clearly not in peak form--shooting2-for-6 from the field--Phillips displayed flashesof the kind of exciting play that earned him aspot on the All-Ivy second team last year...
...freshman, tallied his first, second, and third career points, all on assists...Junior Kevan Melrose was hit in the head when he dove for puck in the third period, and sat out the rest of the game...The Crimson killed seven penalties...Harvard hosts Colgate Friday night at Bright Center and Cornell Sunday afternoon...
...complete meltdown of the Bright Center ice might have slowed the Harvard attack. The Eagles alone could...