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Only four conference teams will qualify for the Ivy tournament, the winner of which will gain an automatic spot in the 16-team NCAA tournament...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Postseason Bid on the Line Against Yale | 4/30/2010 | See Source »

These students say they have used their creativity and initiative to gain theoretical and practical understandings of global health in order to make contributions to the field...

Author: By Juliana L. Stone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Global Health Focus Grows at Harvard | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

Having people read what you write, Varon asserts, is a form of power—it is, in many ways, both liberating and cathartic. For those like Sedaj, a post is a risk with no cost and the potential for gain, and taking that risk was freeing in itself...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Writing on the Stalls | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

There are many reasons for this disparity in participation. Some say it is due to the lack of a unifying cause. Asians are largely a hardworking group of people, stereotypically focused on economic gain and stability, and are unlikely to stir trouble even when discrimination is taking place. There is no identifiably “Asian” issue to advocate, and even if there were, Asians are unlikely to think it important enough to leverage resources on it. This political complacency could also be explained by the fact that Asians have been traditionally denied the right to participate rigorously...

Author: By Marion Liu | Title: EXPOsing China | 4/28/2010 | See Source »

...passage of this bill does not appear to offer any economic gain. Since police officers will need training—and some citizens may, in fact, sue their cities—the new legislation will inspire high costs without the prospect of fiscal benefits in return...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Reasonable Suspicion? | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

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