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...early program deadline went against Harvard’s decision in 2006 to end its nonbinding early admission program.A representative from QuestBridge declined to be interviewed.‘I MIGHT HAVE APPLIED’One QuestBridge Scholar, Jackson W. Brebnor, currently a freshman at Pomona College in California, said that the QuestBridge program’s early deadline meant he ruled out Harvard before he knew more about it.“I felt like not being informed about Harvard as a college was an issue. If I had known the liberal arts feel, I might have applied...
...Austin Harms has already accomplished a difficult feat, especially for a rookie—gaining a starting role on one of the top teams in the country. After starting the first two Ivy League games of the season, Harms boasts a .900 save percentage with nine saves. Yet the California native doesn’t feel any pressure from his new role on the team. “It’s all about how hard you work,” Harms said. “When you perform in situations you’ve got to step...
...unsuccessfully sued the state of California, claiming that it should be exempted from minimum wage laws because paying its workers more would require the group to reduce headcount and would make its workers less sympathetic to the poor. (ACORN publicly supports the living wage and has led coalitions to win minimum wage increases in several states...
...most climactic moments, the orchestra’s sound felt flat in the 1,166-seat concert hall. Sakir led precisely but cautiously. After Sakir’s brief stint on the Sanders stage, he was relieved by Hangen, the conductor of the BCO, who introduced California-born soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer to conclude the first half of the concert with the prelude and “Liebestod” from “Tristan and Isolde.” Garbed in a floor-length dress of dull bluish gray, Harmer took a seat in the back of the orchestra...
...past May, some of Alaska's gas could have wound up in domestic hands. San Diego-based Sempra Energy opened the first LNG terminal on the West Coast of North America. The Mexican facility, a $975 million project, is tied directly to the gas pipeline system that leads to California, Texas and Arizona...