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When reports first surfaced that University of Texas start quarterback and projected top-three NFL draft pick Vince Young scored a “six” on the Wonderlic test, the annual exam given to attendees to the pre-draft NFL combine, many were skeptical—especially considering a score of 20 is considered merely average on the scale of human intelligence. Scouts for teams at the top of the draft order breathed a collective sigh of relief after Young reportedly went back and took the test again, this time scoring a much more respectable...
...It’s a lot better than sitting around hitting off a tee. There’s a lot you can get from game action.” And though he entered his freshman and sophomore seasons as a reserve behind one-time Red Sox draft pick Zak Farkes, Byrne ended each as the starter thanks to his timely hitting when presented with an opening. He hit .326 last year in 35 games, 27 of which were starts, and his slugging percentage of .483 was sixth-best on the team. His on-base percentage was .388, and though...
...rest of the world, I’m now being taught by flag-burning, Communist draft-dodgers. Pundits have co-opted Summers’ resignation to discredit one of the world's best undergraduate educations...
...readjustment and phenomenal growth,” said then-President Pusey in a speech a year before his 1971 departure, “there comes for another president an era of radically altered conditions, sharp change, and formidable obstacles.” These words could serve as a first draft for outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers’ final address. Much like Summers, Pusey was criticized for his rigid leadership style. The president of Union College, Harold C. Martin, once called Pusey “obdurate”, but Pusey said he preferred the term “intractable...
...student organization also asked the Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility to work with student groups to draft a “human rights code of conduct as a criterion for investments and contracts...