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...floor at one time, the syllabus ensures a safe environment. “If you have people who are lifting their partners, it could get dangerous very fast,” says Madison J. Shelton ’11, the HBDT competitions chair. The first HBDT rehearsals of any given year involve around 200 members on a small floor, so tricky moves like lifts are not only prohibited, but impossible...
...varsity’s preparation paid off, as it swept its opponents in all races this weekend. Harvard’s first boat opened up a big lead against the Big Red and the Quakers at Cayuga Inlet on Saturday. The course involved two slight turns that have given some crews difficulty in the past, but the Crimson stuck to its plan to get out early and keep building a lead...
Additionally, it is worthwhile for students to have an opportunity to communicate directly with the people who are evaluating their work. Although office hours with a teaching assistant would be ideal, given the understandable constraints of tight budgets, even having the option to email evaluators with questions is worthwhile and preferable to a complete lack of contact. Although large classes are often the norm at some universities, schools should never overextend enrollment of classes to the point where they do not have the adequate resources—both physical and human—to accommodate all of the students...
...we’ve won Ivy championships the last couple of years,” Rhoads said. “We have lots of people who can win individually, but we also have a communally strong team—anyone can end up in the top five on any given week, which, on our team, many times means they will be in the top five in the field...
...brainer for the Southern Republicans. Some GOP strategists have been sensitive to the "party of no" label their side earned during the health care battle and are reluctant to reflexively defy the President on his choice to replace Stevens before the process has officially begun. In addition, given Republicans' recent opposition to using the filibuster in judicial confirmations and Democrats' still strong 59-seat Senate majority, conservative politicians who brandish the court card would run the risk of whipping their base into a lather in anticipation of an epic fight with the President, only to watch a new Justice seated...