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...they like it.” A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL COMMUNITYMany expressed the wish that the rock ‘n’ roll not stop with Harvard Rocks NYC. While the event was aimed squarely at alumni, organizers do hope to bridge the gap between undergraduates and recent grads jumping into a career in the arts. After being involved in the festival, Snyder talked to Porter about creating a Harvardwood event whereby musicians could give crucial advice to students pursuing musical careers, an idea Cruz seconded.“As an artist and someone...
...consistently do better on reading and math tests than students who live in rentals. In a survey involving more than 20,000 children, first-graders in owned homes scored an average 77.3 points on a test of reading, while children in rented homes scored an average 68.5 points. That gap persisted for math scores (62.6 vs. 54.8), as well as for reading and math scores among third-graders...
Another possible explanation is that some teenagers whose brains develop more quickly than others become uncomfortable with the gap between their biological capabilities and the social rules they must follow as kids. "Precocious development of these [white-matter] tracts may predispose some adolescents to engage in behaviors that society considers too adult in nature for their chronological age," the authors write. In other words, having a more mature brain may actually spur some kids to seek out new and potentially harmful experiences...
...This is the first academic year that the College faces an extended break between fall and spring semesters. Interim University President Derek Bok created the month long gap when he approved a new University calendar that moved final exams to before the winter recess...
...exceptions will be made for certain cases and some clubs such as the Hasting Pudding Theatricals also may be allowed to stay on campus over the break, College officials do not plan on allowing more than 1,000 undergraduates to stay on campus over the nearly three week long gap, according to Interim Dean of Advising Programs Inge-Lise Ameer. Students who are allowed to stay on campus will eat in Annenberg. The application is scheduled to come out in the next few weeks and will be due in October...