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...time has passed, though, the increased academic abilities of Harvard students have made these factors almost irrelevant, Hoffmann said. “Today, the College has changed. I do not think there is a particular need academically to gate-keep the concentration anymore...
...NCAA Frozen Eight appearance, Harvard had a lot to look forward to at the beginning of the season with the return of co-captain Julie Chu, junior Caitlin Cahow, and sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt.The trio made an immediate impact, helping the Crimson rattle off four straight wins out of the gate and adding a fast-paced, high-scoring dynamic to Harvard’s game.“It’s just great from a leadership standpoint,” Stone said. “They raise the level of practice and play.”The Crimson dropped...
...mile high-pressure gas pipeline through his neighborhood. The pipe would connect the massive Corrib gas field, 50 miles out to sea, to a 400-acre refinery being built in nearby Ballinaboy. When Shell's surveyors first showed up on his land in 2000, Corduff showed them the gate. By the time they returned in June 2005, armed with a compulsory purchase order, a court injunction and police guards, Corduff and his neighbors had become seasoned campaigners as versed in the legalities of public planning and in the environmental hazards posed by the pipeline as they were...
...settlements in the occupied territories after the war. (There are now some 250,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and an additional 182,000 in East Jerusalem, which Israel has annexed.) Crowning the hill above Jalazon is the Beit El settlement. Remove the barbed-wire fencing, the security gate and guard towers, and Beit El's tidy rows of red-roofed houses and gardens could be mistaken for an Arizona suburb. A friend of Omar's named Yousef, a crude map of Palestine tattooed on his wrist, says, "All I know is that the Jews took our village, chased...
...Harvard student who doesn’t get straight A’s, I am still very happy with my academic experience here. I try keep to keep things in perspective, and learn for learning’s sake. After all, written above the gate entering Harvard Yard is the phrase “Enter to grow in wisdom,” not “Enter to get easy A’s and a kick-ass job after you graduate.” I may not have aced all of my classes, but I am confident that...