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...Americans watch the financial markets crash and burn, it is essential not to allow the rest of the world around us to do so as well, but the state of our nation’s transportation infrastructure is getting to be so dire that immediate attention is crucial...
HDRB is without question a crucial area of study, and we welcome the commitment of Harvard’s scientific community to provide undergraduates with an opportunity to work in this field—just as we welcome any initiative that expands educational opportunities available to Harvard students. That said, the adoption of HDRB as an independent field of concentration must be done for the right reasons. At a liberal arts institution, importance alone is not sufficient to meet this threshold. There are several distinct fields of study which do not and should not qualify as independent concentrations, despite their...
...reach for Harvard.At 7:11 into the third, Saints center Tara Akstull doubled St. Lawrence’s lead, sneaking a shot past Crimson junior goalie Christina Kessler.The Saints struck again just three minutes later, when Emma Clark got the puck from Vanessa Emond and gave St. Lawrence a crucial insurance goal and a 3-0 advantage.“It felt like the puck wasn’t bouncing our way,” Harvard tri-captain Jenny Brine said. “Our pucks were hopping over sticks and hitting posts, while they got lucky on some interceptions...
Winning patterns like Harvard’s can often be attributed to home ice advantage, but a crucial aspect of that advantage—the fans—didn’t play a significant role in Friday night’s blowout over Clarkson...
...this had happened in the 1980s, when ETA was stronger, it would have been an important arrest, but not a crucial one," says sociologist Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca, ETA expert at the Juan March Institute, a Madrid-based think tank. "But there have been a lot of important arrests recently, which means that whoever replaces Txeroki won't have much experience, and that, in turn, will make them even weaker." (See Pictures of the Week...