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...best match. This is especially true in the case of the yield statistic, which Dean Fitzsimmons commented was a “slippery figure in many ways,” and is not a good indicator of a school’s popularity or whether it is a good fit for students. Instead of referring to these rankings, students should do their own research and take into consideration available statistics such as acceptance rates, in addition to other factors such as campus visits, when making college decisions. The influential role of US News and World Report’s rankings...
...When we choose a women of the year, we’re looking for someone who is not only talented and well-esteemed, but who also has a fun side,” Anderson said. “She’s been in both fun, kooky films that fit with the Hasty Pudding spirit and some more well-esteemed films...
...more visible and, in turn, make shopping less tedious. The lack of certain other functionalities, such as the ability to search and rank by ratings, is also a common frustration—evidenced by the abundance of student-designed search engines and spreadsheets developed to make finding courses that fit a certain specification easier. If a student in CS 50 is capable of creating a better search engine for the Q guide, surely the Harvard administration could do so as well...
...money to prevent what they believe is a common cause of many accidents. Air Methods Corp. of Englewood, Colorado operates 335 aircraft, the largest medical helicopter fleet in the U.S. Last year, the company experienced two fatal crashes in two months. The first accident, in May 2008, may fit the industry's crash profile. The helicopter went down on a night flight to the airport in Madison, Wisconsin, possibly as it encountered rain and fog, according to the transportation safety board's initial report. Three crew members died...
...June, an Air Methods helicopter crashed into another chopper in mid-air on a sunny day over Flagstaff, Arizona, killing seven. Even though the second crash did not fit the pattern, pilots experiencing emergencies when they hit low visibility - which is called "unplanned transition to Instrument Flight Rules" in industry parlance - "is a common theme," says Brian Foster, Air Methods' director of operations...