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Clayton D. Miller ’10 doesn’t look like someone who would casually refer to himself in conversation as a Level 68 Dwarf Priest. Disarmingly polite, with a large buckled belt and a baseball cap that proudly reads “The Virginian,” Miller is every bit the Southern gentleman. And yet, surprisingly, every bit the World of Warcraft enthusiast.“You think you won’t be into it ‘til you try it,” he drawls. “Like Harry Potter...
...delivered on the state of the environment [Sept.24]. Yet even with an awareness of the crisis, I am at a loss to know what the solutions might be. Gibbs noted that even drastic reductions in greenhouse gases would not be enough to prevent the melting of the Arctic ice cap. We need to know the maximum amount of harmful waste that can be tolerated globally and devise a concrete plan to stay within that limit. This may necessitate enormous changes within our society. Claudia Schaer, CALGARY, ALTA., CANADA...
...size of some Pell Grants by up to $1,100 per year and gradually cutting the interest rates of federally subsidized loans from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent. The Pell Grant, a form of financial aid given to more than 5 million low-income students each year, will be capped at a maximum of $5,400 per year by 2012 under the new law. Sally C. Donahue, director of financial aid, called the new legislation, which has been compared to the 1944 G.I. Bill, “an investment in this country’s education, in this country?...
After feeding junior Mike Fucito’s game-opening goal, Akpan added two insurance goals to cap the Harvard scoring in the rout...
...strides in its effort to become a truly “green” campus. But in a recently publicized agreement on environmental standards it will adhere to in building the new Allston campus, Harvard has taken its biggest step thus far. Harvard’s agreement, which will cap greenhouse gas emissions from the new Allston science complex at 50 percent below the national standard, is the first constraint on such emissions from a large project that carries legal weight. Additionally, the University has agreed to cap emissions from all other Phase I Allston projects—those...