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...already become clear that the regatta would end up being a four-team competition.“As the regatta progressed, it was apparent that four teams were equally good,” senior skipper Clay Johnson said.Another round robin eliminated Tufts, the Coast Guard Academy, Roger Williams and Connecticut College, leaving four teams—Yale, Dartmouth, Boston College and Harvard—to battle for just three nationals spots.“It was very touch and go as to who was going to qualify,” senior skipper Matt Knowles said...
...your business. What others can do with that information, however, will hopefully be limited by the law. Already, there is limited protection: The 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act prevents some, but not all, group insurers from charging different rates based on genetic information, according to a 2006 Connecticut Law Review article by Seton Hall law professor Gaia Bernstein. What is needed is a more explicitly comprehensive law banning insurer and employer discrimination—like the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday in a 420-3 vote...
...launch, fingers crossed for a successful mission. Last fall, the first SpaceLoft flight ended moments after it began when the telephone-pole-sized rocket spiraled erratically before plummeting to earth. After reviewing the flight data, the solution was obvious, says Eric Knight, co-founder of UP Aerospace, the Connecticut firm that built the rocket. It needed a fourth tail fin. Many computer simulations confirmed his diagnosis and Saturday's flight went off without a hitch...
...cooled off doing what he loves: “Diving into a freezing cold swimming pool every morning at 6 am for four years.” He plans to trade in his goggles for spreadsheets as he goes on to do equity research for a firm in Connecticut...
...spring season. While the No. 6 women’s team competed for a spot at nationals later in the spring, the No. 4 co-eds sailed in four regattas, finishing in places ranging from fourth to eighth.WOMEN’S NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPThe Crimson was at Connecticut College for the Reed Trophy, the women’s New England Championship. With the top five teams receiving an invitation to nationals, Harvard’s goal was simple. The team’s second-place finish was simply an added bonus.Tufts edged out the Crimson by four points...