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...under the proposed system, those students who were not recommended for honors by their department could still receive honors if they had a GPA higher than the minimum required to earn magna honors of those recommended for honors by their departments...
...distinguish between those students who are merely good and those who consistently have done work of the highest quality. The Staff’s tepid criticism of the Faculty’s proposal does not grasp the central purpose of honors and allows far too many students to earn them. Unlike grades, which can measure work on an absolute scale, honors are by necessity comparative. Although it is difficult to make comparisons between those who concentrate in history and literature and those who study physics, the Faculty continues to abdicate its responsibility for separating out the best students...
Because the Crimson was unlikely to earn an at-large bid to NCAAs—a suspicion that was confirmed when selections were revealed last night—Harvard Coach Jenny Allard decided to play in the ECAC tournament to provide a positive close to the season...
...Crimson didn’t get that chance. Instead Princeton was the team to earn a No. 4 seed—the Ivy League’s highest seed since the field expanded to 48 three years ago—in a six-team NCAA Regional. The lack of an Ivy title, however, didn’t detract from this young team’s achievements...
Only by reforming Social Security can we avoid this Scylla and Charybdis. Workers must be allowed to keep some of their payroll taxes to create optional personal retirement accounts. Invested safely in bonds and blue-chip stocks, these accounts would earn higher returns than the current program. And allowing baby boomers to invest for retirement now would greatly decrease the cost of providing benefits when they retire...