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After an almost unprecedented shutout in the stiff competition for the 32 Rhodes scholarships awarded to Americans last year, Harvard students rebounded with a vengeance, snagging over a fifth of the scholarships awarded for 2007. As prestigious as the scholarships are, however, they do not boast an innocent history. When...
The Rhodes Scholarship, created from the endowment of Cecil J. Rhodes, a British philanthropist who earned much of his fortune through colonial activities in Africa, provides Scholars with funding for two to three years of study at Oxford University in England.
Not only is the air cleaner in the Centennial State, but the people there also l ive longer. A Harvard study showed that the seven U.S. counties with the greatest average life expectancy--81.3 years--were all in Colorado. (Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Park and Summit, for those...
*SEE "REVOLT OF THE FAIRLY RICH," FORTUNE, OCT. 30, 2006, AND "A NEW CLASS WAR: THE HAVES VS. THE HAVE MORES," NEW YORK TIMES, NOV. 19, 2006
The Harvard men’s hockey team’s jubilation after scoring two quick goals in the opening minutes of Saturday night’s game deteriorated into frustration when Princeton scored three unanswered power play goals and an empty-netter in the closing seconds for a 4...