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...need of talent - and believing popular kids will help recruitment - he plunders the football team for Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), a quarterback with a secret penchant for singing in the shower. Will pairs him with his female lead, Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), a diminutive, driven diva who's the musical equivalent of Election's high school politician Tracy Flick. Upset that her glee mates are not taking their music seriously enough, she lectures them: "There is nothing ironic about show choir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Glee: A Chorus of Laughter | 5/18/2009 | See Source »

...which are guaranteed. Not too shabby.The team with the most Ivy Leaguers is undoubtedly the New York Giants. Their 2007 roster that upset the undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl XLII included Cornell’s Kevin Boothe, Brown’s Zak DeOssie, and Penn’s Jim Finn. DeOssie was responsible for tackling New England’s Laurence Maroney at the Patriot 26 on the final kickoff of the game. With just 29 seconds remaining, 74 yards is a long way to go.Both Boothe and DeOssie are still on the roster, while Finn is navigating the free...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: DIX' SPORTING GOODS: From the Ancient Eight to the NFL | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

...years by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, a mere 18% of the state's fourth-graders were proficient, making them the worst in the nation. Even in Lake Wobegon that doesn't happen. Only in America. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, led by reformer Chester Finn Jr., has been analyzing state standards for more than a decade and concludes, "Two-thirds of U.S. children attend schools in states with mediocre standards or worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Raise the Standard in America's Schools | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...feeding the junior five yards in front of the goal where he tied the score, 11-11. Pannell and Hurley connected again with 11:12 remaining the final period to give the Big Red its first lead since the opening minutes. An unassisted tally by Chris Finn moments later provided some insurance for Cornell. Harvard mounted a late rally, starting when Duboe assisted senior Travis Burr on a goal with 4:35 left in the match to cut the lead to one. A late turnover by the Big Red gave the Crimson a chance to tie the game with under...

Author: By Timothy J. Walsh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 3 Big Red Sneaks by No. 13 Harvard in Tight Battle | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...Officials from at least one college have copped to reading these kinds of deliberations. "Facebook has been a wonderful way for us to hear what students are thinking," says M.J. Knoll-Finn, Emerson College's vice president for enrollment. "Before, we'd only hear from the exceptionally ecstatic or upset student who bothered to write in, but now we can see exactly what the average accepted student is thinking and how they're deciding between schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facebook's Latest Role: College Guidance Counselor | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

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