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...extent of the crackdown is a testament to the importance of the Congress, where President Hu Jintao and his "Populist" supporters are fighting to gain the upper hand over a rival faction in the Party, the so-called "Elitist" group. Whichever side wins the struggle, it's unlikely to make much difference in the way the security forces treat dissenting voices like Li's. For now, however, the crude brutality of the attack has, if anything, made him more determined to persevere. In reply to a question about whether he would do what the men wanted and leave Beijing...
...Government Robert D. Putnam told The Crimson, Harvard “underplays its assets in the social sciences because of the divisions across the schools and across departments.” Just as physicists or chemists can benefit from shared labs and research, so too can economists or sociologists gain from pooled resources for survey design and data collection. Perhaps more importantly, emphasis on interdisciplinary work helps create a culture of collaboration that prevents faculty from feeling that their work must fall into narrow and in some cases arbitrary departmental categories. Harvard has long hued to the mantra...
...College Board. Several proponents of greater regulation cited Harvard and its $35-billion endowment as an example of soaring university wealth being nonetheless accompanied by continuing tuition increases. Harvard’s tuition rose 3.9 percent for this academic year, while the endowment posted a 23 percent gain in the most recent fiscal year. Kevin Casey, senior director of federal and state relations for Harvard, took issue with the idea that Washington should regulate how universities spend their vast endowment incomes. “The most highly endowed colleges are in fact the ones doing the most to support affordability...
Title IX, the breakthrough ruling that completely changed the landscape of collegiate athletics, allowed the United States to gain an early competitive advantage in women’s soccer...
...goals.PRINCETON 10, HARVARD 8Serving as a precursor to the rest of the weekend, the Crimson jumped out to an early lead against the Tigers and held a 5-4 lead at the onset of the second quarter before succumbing to a string of turnovers and allowing Princeton to gain the lead in the second half and pull away for the victory.“We just had two minutes where there were a couple of turnovers, and the game just changed,” Ludwick said.Although the Crimson tried mounting a comeback in the fourth after being down...