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...deterioration of inner-city schools, as experts from academia, journalism, and the Boston Police Department have witnessed them. The roster of experts assembled to comment on “The Wire” and on the American drug trade included Boston Police Department deputy superintendent Nora Baston, Columbia sociologist Sudhir A. Venkatesh, and Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone. But the star of the panel was Simon himself, the creator and executive producer of “The Wire”.Simon began by speaking about the production and critical issues of the show...
...Crimson improved gradually as it took on nine ranked teams in 12 matches. Now it’s April and the Crimson has found its stride. This weekend, Harvard (2-12, 2-0 Ivy) opened its Ivy League schedule and prevailed over Cornell (8-4, 1-2) and Columbia (2-11, 0-3). The victories ended the Crimson’s 12-game losing streak. “The team is finding a way,” Green said. “We weren’t perfect, but we kept battling. At our competition peak anything can happen...
...blog post that it would be “rolling this out slowly going forward.” As of yesterday afternoon, the Harvard Facebook network was one of a handful of other Ivies with access to the service. Students at University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Cornell, Princeton, and Columbia said they did not have access to the service from former Harvard undergraduate and Facebook founder Mark E. Zuckerberg. But several Harvard students said they were generally unimpressed with the new feature. “I don’t like...
...Hazlett said. “It was nice to get out and play in the sun, but it’s always kind of a shock coming back.” The training seems to have made a positive impact, as Harvard finds itself quite short on time. The Columbia-hosted Roar-ee Invitational marks the only other competitive play for the Crimson before the Ivy League championships in two weeks. Despite this short introduction to the spring season, the team has demonstrated critical poise so far. “Considering we’ve only had three weeks...
...Crimson (10-6, 2-0 Ivy) made easier work of Cornell (5-10. 0-2) on Friday than the 4-3 outcome indicates, thanks to a dominant doubles lineup and strong play at the top of the singles lineup. Saturday’s match against reigning league champion Columbia (7-5, 2-1), by contrast, was about as close as a match can be. Harvard beat the Lions on the strength of the bottom of its lineup, sealing its 4-3 victory with a clutch three-set win by freshman Alexei Chijoff-Evans.In Saturday’s win, Harvard reaped...