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...argument from the presidents’ perspective. Their actions at this year’s Ivy Council of Presidents’ meeting seem to show that they’re not too fond of recruiting football players. That’s why they chose to increase the minimum Academic Index requirement—2/3 based on SAT scores and 1/3 based on class rank—that players need in order to be considered for acceptance. They also reduced the number of football players that can be recruited per year. The Harvard College admissions website says, “There...
...Uffizi. This year, patrons were allowed to choose their favorite among 22 16th century paintings in the Accademia's Tribune (home of Michelangelo's David), and have their names appear on a plaque below the painting as the major donor for its restoration. Mel Gibson and his wife chose Alessandro Allori's Madonna Enthroned. Says Brandolini: "There was an explosion of color because these are all Mannerist paintings. It was the first time that people walked in there, and they weren't looking at the David...
...average American continues to wane, sound bytes—not campaign platforms—are more important than ever. So we shouldn’t be surprised that during Tuesday’s “Rock the Vote” debate among the Democratic presidential hopefuls, the media chose to zone in on the most sound-bytable portion of the political slug-fest: the antagonizing of current frontrunner Howard Dean for his recent contentious comment, “I still want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks.” Sure...
...McDaniel ’04, Samuel G. Bryson ’04, Jeremy N. King ’04, Andrew B. Lim '04, Mark D. Lurie ’07 and Jonathan D. Lehe ’04. These individuals placed their stomachs, their bowels and, as no women chose to participate, their manhoods up for grabs in a primordial test of human capacity...
Last July, BU’s board of trustees chose Goldin, the former head of NASA, to be the university’s new president. He was set to take office last Saturday—that is, until the trustees rescinded their offer late last week, agreeing to pay a $1.8 million settlement in compensation for the termination of his contract. The deal-breaker for the trustees was not Goldin’s stipulation that he frequently be allowed to spend weekends at his home in Malibu—in July, they agreed to provide him with first-class tickets...