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...cruises to 2-0 (but doesn’t cover the surprisingly large spread). Prediction: Columbia 20, Georgetown 10PRINCETON (1-0) VS. LAFAYETTE (2-1)The surprise victors of last Saturday with a come-from-behind toppling of Lehigh, Princeton has recent history in its favor. The Tigers edged Lafayette on the road last year and the Leopards haven’t bested an Ivy team in many months. The most impressive aspect of Princeton’s second-half comeback was its defense, which despite the loss of several fringe NFL talents from 2005, shut out the Mountain Hawks...
...legacy preference while maximizing the good that comes out of it? Harvard might choose to accept fewer upper-middle-class legacies—but to continue taking children from fabulously-wealthy graduates as well as non-alumni fat cats. Upon first glance, that seems strikingly unjust. It would favor the children of multimillionaire alums over the children of ordinary-millionaire alums. (More than half of Harvard’s graduates are millionaires, according to an estimate by 02138 Magazine...
...admissions process is to be truly reformed and actually made meritocratic—as Fitzsimmons and Interim President Derek C. Bok seem to hope—then Harvard must do more than simply eliminate early action. Right now, even greater barriers to equity in the admissions process include alumni favor, athletic recruiting, and the extra resources of the rich.Alumni status is one of the touchiest subjects in the admissions process, but if we are to review the entire process, no subject can remain taboo. Alumni status benefits many students who would otherwise be undeserving of admittance even though there...
...Dance” included a professional striptease? That is just the kind of party that might go down at MIT’s Simmons Hall, where students have recently approved a risque fund for “adult entertainment.” Residents of the hall initially voted in favor of the “SEX-C Fund”—Simmons Entertainment Executive Committee—last spring, and an appeal to overturn the decision was voted down last week by a bare majority. The creation of the fund has excited some students and aroused anger...
...offer an African American studies major within five years. For the past 37 years, Princeton has offered students the option of an African American studies certificate—not a full major. Appiah said the committee is looking to strengthen the certificate program and not simply abandon it in favor of the major. And while five years and six faculty members may seem too far in the future for many Princeton hopefuls, Appiah insists that it is “better to build up faculty to support the major rather than build the major to the faculty...