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Typical, indeed, in that the win is the eighth straight by the Crimson over the Bears. This year’s edition featured a total of six turnovers, an inability to run the ball with success on either side, and a bevy of late opportunities that Brown was unable to capitalize...
...Most of the candidates said improving achievement in sixth through eighth grade was a key goal. And everyone agreed with the committee’s decision to temporarily alter the district’s method of assigning students to schools, which balances student bodies based on socioeconomic factors. The change was prompted by an influx of more middle class students this year...
...public education in the U.S. is not only separate, it is often unequal. In 2005 the New York Times reported that the average black or Latino student graduating from high school "can read and do arithmetic only as well as the average eighth-grade white student." At the same time, on average, white elementary-school-age children go to schools in which about a third of the students qualify for free or low-cost lunches, while the typical black or Latino grade-schooler attends one in which two-thirds of children are in the reduced-price lunch program...
...taking the third game after a bad set from Laura Mays, thereby completing the sweep of the Harvard squad. Though it proved too little too late, the Crimson figured out the Wildcat style of play, which bodes well as yesterday’s game marked Harvard’s eighth game of the season and the 14th game for UNH. According to Weiss, the team is using its games against more experienced teams like New Hampshire to better prepare for the Ivy League schedule. “We went down to American to play those teams to prepare...
...Jake Gallagher won in 25:43, but Harvard took second, third, and fourth, led by captain Brian Holmquest, who finished second in 25:55. He was followed by fellow senior Christopher Green and freshman Dan Chenoweth. Yale took the fifth and sixth spots, but seventh and eighth went to senior Andrew Lipkin and sophomore Chas Gillespie, wrapping up Harvard’s scoring. “I was pleased with the way the whole team ran,” Holmquest said. “We did what we should, given the time of the year. I would have liked...