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...film that was generally dismissed by initial audiences and hailing it as one of the most influential works of our time. But to his credit, Tucker avoids preaching to the choir or trying to win over skeptics. His mission is not to defend the worthiness of Scarface but to establish the boundaries of this drug opus' lasting and profound influence. As a historian, Tucker is fair, acknowledging the film's many faults and the gradual emergence of a vast, underground fan base. And he spends a good many chapters detailing the ways in which the movie reached beyond the theater...
...women numbered 38 percent of engineering concentrators and only 17 percent of computer-science concentrators.According to Joanne Cohoon, a research scientist at the National Center for Women & Information Technology, this trend is nothing new. Female enrollment in computer-science courses has been declining since the 1980s. The push to establish computer science as an independent discipline with specialized knowledge “hardened” the image of computer scientists “into something stereotyped as masculine,” she said. In addition, as the number of students in the field increased, the size of the faculty could...
...this point, he added that department chairs have been very receptive to proposed efforts. Golan will also oversee the master’s degree programs at the Medical School and direct the educational component of the Harvard Catalyst, a pan-University initiative providing resources to all Harvard affiliates. Established in May, the Catalyst is primarily funded by a $117.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to use research to address health problems. Golan will also advise Flier to help design global education programs and establish research partnerships to provide opportunities for Harvard faculty and students working both abroad...
...over four years.CORNELL 3, HARVARD 2Harvard’s hopes for consecutive wins in the season’s final weekend transformed into fears of a shutout two frames into the game (25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 22-25, 15-9). The Crimson started slowly and could not establish a strong offensive presence on the court due to numerous errors throughout the initial frames.However, Harvard remained resilient, redoubling its efforts following the break between the second and third matches.“We regrouped and said ‘we didn’t come in eight hours...
...definitely played more disciplined, stayed out of the box, and it was a team game, as opposed to just a special teams game, and I think it reaped benefits. I really felt that staying out of the box really allowed us to establish a good solid team game.” Consistent play up and down the line contributed to Friday night’s win—four different players scored the five goals. Senior forward Nick Coskren scored twice while sophomore forwards Michael Del Mauro, Matt McCollem, and Joe Smith each found the back of the net once...