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The frequency with which the latter phenomenon occurs could suggest that the business of competitive college athletics is incompatible with a rigorous academic environment. Some argue that a reason to admit academically dubious athletes is that they tend to possess a deep discipline for their sport and this is grit...
University President Drew G. Faust Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino called for action against climate change at a conference on the environment yesterday, saying that institutions of higher education must collaborate with cities in order to chart a sustainable future.
“The promise of clean technology is enormous,” Menino said, “it helps the environment, community, and the economy.”
Following Faust and Menino, Daniel P. Schrag, an earth and planetary sciences professor and the director of Harvard’s Center for the Environment, spent his speech describing the increasing atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, the ensuing accelerated rate of Arctic ice melting, and the global repercussions of higher...
Maxine Tuerk, who is part of a local group that opposes rural "cluster houses" like the ones torched on Monday, said that if all such developments were to disappear from Snohomish County, the fast-growing area that contains the crime scene, "it wouldn't bother me one bit - that's...