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Until this past Wednesday, Quadlings visiting the River—or studying late in Lamont—who dared to linger past the 12:30 a.m. shuttle cutoff found themselves in a disagreeable, and all too familiar, predicament. Most resort to making a long, cold, and potentially dangerous trek on foot across Harvard’s sprawling campus. But now, the University has provided another option; the recent move to provide 24-hour transportation service is a welcome and needed improvement to undergraduate life...
...study, conversely, used a cutoff BMI of 27 to define an overweight person...
...team decided to use 27 as the minimum BMI cutoff to define overweight because 27 is the median BMI for overweight people, said HMS Assistant Professor of Medicine Frank B. Hu, the senior author of the NHS study...
...current cutoff forces students looking for a little more down time after 1 a.m. to seek off-campus parties and final clubs where they may feel less comfortable or less safe. Harvard students keep late hours, and the 1 a.m. deadline doesn’t match up with the reality of undergraduate life. Peer schools have recognized the need to let their students party until 2 am; with overwhelming support from Harvard’s undergraduates—91 percent supported the later hours in a 2001 Council survey—it’s time for the House Masters...
When this proposal comes before the assembled House Masters and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, they should swiftly approve it. With so many reasons to keep partying until 2 a.m. and such a lack of logic behind the current cutoff, there’s no justification not to make the change. Party...