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...Altshuler told The Crimson. We agree. Many other large and notable American universities employ bodies of this type in order to facilitate inter-school communication and cohesiveness. Stanford, Columbia, New York University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Kansas all have representative bodies that cross traditional divisional lines. Harvard too has a provision for a University Council in its faculty handbook, a provision which has collected dust for too long and needs to be activated. For a University that boasts such a distinguished and progressive faculty in all of its schools, Harvard is not living...
...time she took a congratulatory call from Prime Minister Stephen Harper, she had won four medals. She added the fifth last Saturday in what she calls the "most dreaded race," the 5,000 m, to set a new Canadian standard. And Vancouver 2010 is still in the picture. Cross-country skier Beckie Scott, who won a silver medal but had hoped for more, said Klassen's ability to meet the goals so publicly set out for her makes her performance even more amazing...
...sense of Canada's highs and lows at these 20th Winter Olympics, ponder a seven-hour span last Wednesday. Most Canadians awoke to news that cross-country skier Chandra Crawford of Canmore, Alta., had pocketed gold in the 1.1-km sprint, a bit of an improvement on her 46th-place finish at the 2005 world championship. Then Winnipeg's Cindy Klassen and Ottawa's Kristina Groves netted gold and silver, respectively, in speedskating. That made Klassen the first Canadian to win four medals at a single Olympics (she would add a fifth on Saturday). Three hours later, Canada survived...
...athletes to Torino, 39 more than went to Salt Lake City in 2002.) The number of medals up for grabs has also swelled: Calgary played host to 46 events; Torino had 84. Of the six new events in 2006, Canada medaled in three: Maelle Ricker's bronze in snowboard cross and silvers in men's and women's speedskating team pursuit...
...Canada's gold-medal female hockey players don't dream of NHL careers. Its cross-country skiers have few chances to parlay their athletic prowess into pro-sports careers. "They're not going to get that, and they know it. It isn't about the money," says Lofstrom. "They're in sport because it's their passion and, corny as it sounds, for the love of sport." Lofstrom expects the female fortitude to continue in 2010. "The depth of the women's field is great. To have experience at these Games going into the next Games on home soil...