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...also a Crimson editorial editor. “Like many crews, they race best when they get comfortable, and we let them get too comfortable off the line.” He said that Harvard’s speed off the line had not yet been a focus in practice, which accounted for the boat’s slow start on Saturday. “We just weren’t fast enough off the line, which we can work on and we can fix,” he said. “You can’t give...
Sophomores living in the Quad might curse their fate, but at least it would only last a year. And the advantages are hard to deny—aside from the intangible community benefits, sophomores would enjoy more focused advising, particularly now that concentration choice has been moved back a semester. Sophomore advising could be more dedicated to concentration-based inquiry and focus, without the pressure of the pre-professional focus their upperclassmen peers are driving towards. Advising staff could be specialized to deal with these types of issues, and to combat the sophomore slump, just as proctors are currently specifically...
...Music, Avant-Garde, and Politics in the Early Cold War (1945-63).” “With teaching it’s hard to have continuous time to concentrate,” Shreffler said. “You like to have periods when you can focus on teaching and periods when you can focus on research.” Crawford, a professor of urban design and planning theory at the Graduate School of Design, also cited the importance of time off from the classroom. “My school only gives one semester off every six years...
...more likely that little mistakes piled up on the Crimson throughout the day. The Yale University Golf Course, known for its severely undulating greens, mentally taxes players with the constant demand for precision drives and iron shots. “This course is really about staying focused and grinding it out,” Shore said. “The way to score well is to focus and accept that you’re going to make a couple of bogeys.” Given that three out of the team’s five competitors this weekend were freshmen...
...This focus resulted in the Midshipmen trailing the Crimson boat in the final result by about two lengths, crossing the line eight seconds behind Harvard’s 6:07.0 time in 6:15.3. Penn finished third with...