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...second concern exists: At four-year colleges, approximately 15 percent of students take out private loans instead of federal ones. Private lenders can offer more money than federal loans, but also charge much higher interest rates, leaving students in substantial debt. A promising effort in Washington D.C. this year was spearheaded by Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’56 and other leading Democrats to increase both the number of federal Pell Grants available to college students and raise the maximum size of those awards. The proposed bill, called the “Strengthening Student...
...year ranked fifth in the country at 149 lbs., dominated his sophomore campaign, going 13-0 in dual meets and rising to No. 2 in the national rankings. Although O’Connor suffered a torn ACL at the NCAA Championships and settled for sixth in the tournament, his effort earned the 20-year old his second consecutive All-American distinction. Adding to his impressive resume on the mat, O’Connor will also assume the role of co-captain with Caputo next year. Another cause for optimism was the developing performance of freshman Corey Jantzen. Despite a knee...
...respective races. Harvard also defeated Yale on both sides at the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton (HYP) meet for the first time in a decade.Although co-captain Brian Holmquest led the team—placing second in the HYP meet with a time of 25:55—the Crimson effort was highlighted by rookie standouts.Newcomer Dan Chenoweth finished first among American freshmen in the NCAA Regional meet in addition to a 16th-place finish at Heps.“We had a good base of young kids,” Holmquest said. “We’ve also...
Harvard track and field sent five student-athletes down to Florida State University’s Mike Long Track on Friday and Saturday for the 2008 NCAA East Regional Championships. Junior high jumper Becky Christensen highlighted the Crimson effort, clearing an outdoor season-best 1.81 meters—she tied her career-best jump of 1.83 meters at the indoor NCAA Championships in March—en route to a fourth-place finish and an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships on June 11-14 in Des Moines, Iowa. Saturday’s jump came on her third attempt...
...losing streak], and I definitely think Harvard’s scheduling had a lot to do with it.”To begin the second semester, Harvard snapped its losing streak with a decisive 3-1 win at Dartmouth. “Tonight we played probably our closest effort to a 60 minute game we’ve played all season,” co-captain Mike Taylor said after the game. “I thought we really played all three periods well for the first time in a while.” The pivotal win over...