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...Standing in Dubuque Precinct 14 on caucus night, I had our expected turnout and yield in my hand. Our voters had shown up, but Obama supporters kept streaming in. I couldn’t do much but count. Obama and Clinton each had 63 supporters in the room, and turnout was far beyond our expectations. It didn’t bode well for the night...
...past two decades, Stone—who announced last year his decision to leave the University on July 1—has continuously reprised his role as the trusted hand near the nexus of power, whether on the banks of the Potomac or those of the Hudson and Charles...
...transfer admissions.Pilbeam’s reticence and relative lack of visibility over the past year have proven problematic for his reputation among many students, but respect and admiration for him runs high among the Faculty and administration, who have time and again turned to him as a steady hand to stabilize Harvard’s core institutions.BACKING THROUGH LIFEPilbeam was born in Brighton, England on November 21, 1940, one month after the end of the Battle of Britain. After high school—where he was both a runner and an actor—Pilbeam won a scholarship...
...Modifying the pass/fail option this way would not mean allowing students to hand-pick the grades on their transcript. First of all, it would not change the fact that a student must get permission to take a class pass/fail to begin with. Second, students would not know their grades when making their final grading choice, as the deadline would still be before final papers and exams. And last, such a change would not imply that the reverse could be done—students would not (and should not) be allowed to change a letter-graded class to pass/fail...
...foundational topics—from statistical reasoning to model building—for the non-concentrator to learn. Introductory statistics courses, which are required by many empirical social sciences, cover the former, but leave one unacquainted with the calculus needed to build models. Math departmental courses, on the other hand, are heavy on calculus, usually so much so that students who don’t have an intense interest don’t bother to take the class. These two poles leave students lacking a middle ground between the courses aimed at concentrators and fluffier Core classes that do little...