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...Crimson coach Satinder Bajwa has emphasized the importance of using these lopsided conference games as opportunities for the players to hone and refine their shots in preparation for the much more challenging matches that await them in early 2009. Harvard takes an extended break over the Christmas holidays and exam period before beginning a brutal stretch, taking on squash powerhouses No. 3 Trinity, No. 2 Penn, and No. 1 Princeton in early February. “We are going to be training very hard over the break,” Guruge said. “I think we have...
...students in Government 1540: “The American Presidency,” final exam scheduling, rather than just ticket scarcity, was set to be a major hindrance in their ability to watch the 2009 Presidential inauguration. After the ironic scheduling conflict became the subject of student protest, course Professor Roger Porter announced yesterday that the exam had been moved from January 20 to January 13. Elyse M. Schoenfeld ’09, a student in the class, said that she met with Porter two weeks ago to discuss the conflict between the exam date and the inauguration. According...
...essentially desperation. I wanted to be a foreign service officer or a diplomat but I didn’t pass the foreign service exam. Then in ’56 we all had a military obligation because there was a draft, but I got rejected on physical grounds by the Navy. So I went to Washington to see if I could persuade the Navy to give me a waver and I failed. But I was walking down the street and I saw a sign that read “‘The Washington Post?...
...contacted his local representative in Congress but has not yet received a response. But even if he succeeds, he will face a possibly more difficult situation than national politics: January 20, the day of the inauguration, is in the middle of the College’s final exam period, and Zampardo happens to have a test that day, one that counts for 40 percent of his grade for the class and may prevent him from witnessing a significant moment in American history. The class? Government 1540: “The American Presidency.” Over 2,000 undergraduates...
When Washington, D.C. is filled with throngs of spectators on President-elect Barack Obama’s Inauguration Day, some students who want to attend won’t be able to be there. Unfortunately, these students have to take exams on January 20. While we recognize this presents a considerable inconvenience for those who wish to go, Harvard should not excuse the requirement of exams on that day. Students who are campaigning to have over 30 exams moved from that day should not expect that College to grant their wish. If the College made accommodations for students who desire...