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...With the aid of the Internet and radio broadcasts produced in Europe and Sri Lanka, the country's activists chipped away at the edifice of state control. U.S. State Department reports rebuked Gayoom's government for its brutal prison practices, particularly in September 2003 when Evan Naseem, a teenager in detention on petty-drug charges, was killed by guards. His death was a catalyst for change, triggering mass riots that, combined with mounting international pressure, forced Gayoom to initiate the process of reforms and liberalization that would finally lead to his defeat in the polls last year...
...conditions weren’t ideal, but he got after it and competed hard.” Sophomore Jessica Fronk also surpassed the NCAA-qualifying mark in the javelin—though she was already qualified from an earlier meet—with a throw of 44.32. Senior Evan Favermann followed with a 21st-place toss of 37.27 meters. —Staff writer Dixon McPhillips can be reached at fmcphill@fas.harvard.edu...
...number of users impressive, but the program seems to achieve its intended goal: according to Shah, a 200-point increase in total score is typical over the length of the course. THE “MATH” TO SUCCESSOne of INeedAPencil.com’s success stories is Evan M. Kendall, currently a junior at Sharon High School in Sharon, Mass. He discovered the Web site through a Facebook group. “It was a really helpful tool,” he says. “It was free, it was at my convenience, and it worked...
...read with interest last week’s article by Edward-Michael Dussom and Evan T. R. Rosenman about the panel discussion of ROTC challenges and am writing to address the concern that some students voiced about how the receipt of a ROTC scholarship affects a student’s financial...
...that limited the number of awards, he was pleased with the turnout and the atmosphere of the event. “We were able to honor a lot of really great seniors through the awards and in other ways,” he said. —Staff writer Evan T.R. Rosenman can be reached at erosenm@fas.harvard.edu...