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...occupies a new post in the NBA hierarchy, as senior vice president of referee operations. Former NBA coach and general manager Stu Jackson, who ostensibly oversaw the refs in addition to his myriad other responsibilities as the league's executive vice president for basketball operations, is now free to focus on other matters. "We finally have somebody who is just ours," veteran ref Crawford says. "Before, we had people that had 7,000 hats. He's not going to be easy, but he's a leader. And we're dying to be led, to be honest with...
...we’ve been practicing all week,” Stone said. “We didn’t have a lucky day.” Harvard showed some promise in the second half as the team held the Terriers scoreless. “We wanted to focus a lot on our defense,” Caples said. “I think the team executed well.” Harvard and BU both recorded three shots each the second half, but the goalies for both teams were perfect and stopped everything from entering the cage. With less...
...teachers and both tangible and intangible resources, such as funding and experience teaching children with special needs. Additionally, schools should generate more comprehensive Individual Education Programs. Mandated under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, an IEP addresses the particular needs of each child and theoretically ensures that the school focuses instruction in a way that is receptive to the child’s needs. By creating more thorough IEPs, schools could identify which children would, in the short-term, be best suited to the atmosphere currently found in private education and which students benefit from being in public schools?...
...their popcorn chicken or the availability of cracklin’ oat bran in their dining hall on the recent biannual Harvard University Dining Services survey found themselves disappointed, after HUDS changed the format of the questionnaire from past years. On this semester’s dining satisfaction Survey, HUDS focused primarily on sustainability, with 11 out of 25 survey questions relating directly to this issue. They also eliminated the section for open-ended response,s instead using a multiple choice format. In the past, HUDS’ survey provided a forum for students to offer their opinions on the dining...
...will co-teach the course on energy policy. “The important areas of knowledge are just so disparate right now,” Aziz said. With this in mind, the consortium will facilitate communication between students from different fields, according to Muhelegger. He hopes the program will focus on how economics and political science can provide frameworks for addressing problems that arise in the making of energy or environmental policy. The consortium—an “experiment” at the moment—will serve as a template for fields such as microbial sciences...