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...ultimately harms both. The Harvard Admissions Office depends on accurate information from students, high schools, teachers, and others to select the incoming class. Without accurate disciplinary information, the Admissions Office is less able to choose the best candidates for admission. High schools, however, may perceive that they stand to gain from withholding disciplinary information. Not only do high schools gain in reputation by sending a student to Harvard, but they face tremendous pressure from parents to help their children gain admission to top universities. In the long run, however, such a policy will prove to be harmful to a secondary...
...social conservative, and Romney the hunter of varmints, large and small. These shifts have given voters enough pause to allow John McCain, whose message of maverick muscle and gritty experience hasn't changed since he watched fishes crawl from the sea and begin to walk on land, to gain a precarious lead in the Granite State...
...round-robin format, the Crimson tied with Dartmouth with the best two-day record at 3-1, but placed second since Dartmouth had dealt Harvard its only loss on Saturday afternoon. The tournament provided opportunities for some of the Crimson’s lower flights to play up and gain valuable match experience heading into the second half of the season. Harvard started sophomores No. 3 Katherine O’Donnell and No. 4 Johanna Snyder, and freshmen No. 7 Alexandra Zindman, No. 9 Diana Wilson and No. 10 Bree Sterne in positions 1-5, respectively. Normal match format...
...review their accounts for suspicious activity. Crimson Cash allows Harvard affiliates to buy food and other items with a swipe of an ID card. A University statement released Monday said that there was no evidence yet to indicate that the ID cards were used to make fraudulent purchases or gain access to any personal information, such as credit card or Social Security numbers. It was unclear whether the IDs were used to gain access to campus buildings. "We do not believe that this incident has created a safety risk for the community," the statement said, adding that the University would...
...hear us. TO GET IN! He understands, but can't help. "Fire marshal says no capacity," he writes back on his notepad. So we are left to stand in the street, amid the unending din. Even MSNBC's Chris Matthews, with his shimmering corn-husk blond hair, cannot gain entrance. Huckabee's own son, David, is not even going...