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...gender gap is narrowest in sectors that publicize information about starting salaries, according to research by Babcock and the Kennedy School’s Bowles. “So, one thing that career services [at Harvard] could do to help diminish the gap is to provide students with good information about the appropriate compensation standards for the types of jobs they are negotiating,” Bowles wrote in an e-mail...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ’07 Men Make More | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

...Gonzales would not be the first Justice official to diminish the White House role in the attorney firings. Sampson himself did so, inadvertently or otherwise, when he prepped top DOJ officials for Congressional testimony earlier this year. He and Monica Goodling, the former counselor to Gonzales whom Congress has granted immunity to testify, had multiple e-mail conversations with White House officials throughout the fall of 2006 about the plan to remove the U.S. attorneys, including with Scott Jennings in Karl Rove's office and Harriet Miers and her assistants in the White House counsel's office, documents released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's Afraid of the White House-DOJ Connection? | 5/8/2007 | See Source »

...such athletes from a stint at a university.The NCAA Tournament, by contrast, offers a stage to those amateur athletes whose majority will never reach the heights of the professional ranks. For most, there will be no appearance in the Olympics, big contract, or long athletic career.That does little to diminish the passion of the Tournament. Anybody who took the bus to Hartford to watch the Harvard women battle Maryland knows that. Perhaps more than any other event, the NCAA Tournament is sport for sport’s sake – a lucrative event, certainly, but also one that showcases...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SOONER OR TAITER: NCAA in Buenos Aires? Ay Caramba! | 4/3/2007 | See Source »

...giving weight to the authors’ most basic assumption—that had Oxford been more accommodating and convenient, it might have satisfied their expectations—the media substantiated the idea, widespread among colleges catering to student whims, that the frustrations of everyday life can diminish the value of the opportunities these venerable institutions provide...

Author: By Daniel P. Wenger | Title: The Rhodes and Harvard: Opportunity, Not Obligation | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

...men’s lacrosse, baseball, softball, rugby, and Ultimate Frisbee, women’s lacrosse and football have also partaken in the wonders of the bubble.With the influx of nice weather approaching, the bubble no longer serves a purpose, but the value of the field itself will not diminish. The hope is the structure will be down in time for the men’s lacrosse game at home against Penn on March 24. The bubble has simply made—and will continue to make in years to come—fair Harvard Stadium a venue for every...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Bubble Trouble: Indoor Facility Deemed Success | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

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