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...for—requiring them in a students’ first year and thereby impinging upon students’ ability to choose what’s best for them. In most cases, undergraduates deeper into their Harvard education can make a more sensible decision on the language they will focus upon, rather than making a hasty decision freshman year (consider the aspiring doctor with a summer internship in Peru, or the economist with a sudden epiphany to embrace the classics...
...Faust says that this focus was particularly helpful during her time as dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, which transformed from a defunct women’s college to an elite research center during her tenure...
...beyond all that, the groundswell under the wave, is a hunger for something new. In interviews and focus groups all over the state, voters-especially Democrats-expressed this appetite. "It's not about change," said pollster Frank Luntz. "It's about a new beginning. Democrats want to wipe the slate clean...
...Later in his Harvard career, Strauss devoted himself to civil rights, founding the Fellowship of Concerned University Students (FOCUS), a group that helped more than 400 black students gain admission and find funding to attend previously segregated colleges...
...defense. That’s something we need to build on. On Friday night, we won the special-teams battle [for] the first time in a while.” KILLER LAPSES This weekend showed the Crimson just how quickly a game can change when a team loses focus for a few minutes or falls victim to bad luck. Often, if the defense fails to recover its mental edge after letting in a goal, it can snowball into a scoring streak for the opposition. During Harvard’s haphazard start against Quinnipiac, the Bobcats struck twice within 53 seconds...