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...when all are accepted to college." Big schools such as Tokyo University, which receives 40% of its funding from the government, are trying to goose head count by establishing more graduate schools and by adding postgraduate courses for working professionals and retirees. Smaller, underfunded colleges must take more drastic action. For example, Osaka University and Osaka University of Foreign Studies merged in October; two other Osaka schools - Kwansei Gakuin University and Seiwa College, both of which have been around for more than a century - are slated to combine next year...
According to City Solicitor Donald A. Drisdell, the new measure won’t lead to drastic changes for local businesses...
...addition of a new head coach, Lisa Miller. Miller recently left Syracuse, where she turned the women’s lacrosse team into a national powerhouse and captured the 2007 Big East Coach of the Year award. With high expectations, Miller wasted no time as she implemented drastic changes to the Crimson program. Some of her tactics were criticized as she cut several new recruits and a few veterans from the program. But there is no denying results, and a 19-2 blowout in her first game with Harvard is certainly a positive omen for Miller and the team...
...final period. To Quinnipiac’s credit, the team continued to fight, sending 16 more shots at Richter to try to close the deficit. More significantly, Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold pulled his goalie with more than 12 minutes remaining during a four-on-four in a drastic effort to spark a comeback. The move did not go as planned, though, as Rogers capitalized on an assist from Taylor and sent the puck into the empty net to extend the lead to 4-0 at 8:01 and record his fourth goal in two days.The Bobcats?...
...drastic hike in international food prices has hit Harvard dining halls—and it's taken your bacon bits...