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...point in the not-so-distant past “What House are you in?” wasn’t a vapid question. Adams was artsy. Eliot was snooty. Lowell was brainy. Mather was jock-y. Sure, there are potential problems with racial self-segregation and intra-house homogeneity, but flattening these wrinkles with the iron of randomization was a quick and ultimately careless fix, one that has resulted largely in the social sterilization of Harvard. Unfortunately, in an attempt to pick up the social slack, final clubs have instead taken the heat...
...Democrats in 2006. One of the ways in which the G.O.P. took control of the Senate in 2002 and expanded their majority last year was making sure that their candidates avoided messy primaries that would have forced G.O.P. contenders to attack each other and spend their campaign money in intra-party fights. But in the Ohio Senate race, where incumbent Republican Mike Dewine has low poll numbers, Democrats could have a very contested primary. Two top Senate Democrats, Harry Reid and Charles Schumer, actively encouraged Paul Hackett, an Iraqi war veteran who nearly won in a heavily Republican House district...
Harvards system of Houses would benefit tremendously from the reinvention of the Housing lottery. Shorn of their pre-randomization era characters, Houses are presently prevented from serving their purpose as effective campus communities. By giving freshmen a place to call home even before they arrive, by breaking down the intra-house barriers imposed by blocking groups insularity, and by making participation in House life a fundamental part of all four years at Harvard, the introduction of Yale-style housing would give Houses the chance to realize their potential...
...preseason practices, both saw the same number of snaps, but O’Hagan took 70 percent of his reps with the first team. In the two preseason scrimmages—against Columbia on Sept. 3 and an intra-squad practice Sept. 10—both saw equal time...
...years past, the Ivy League kicked off the season with intra-Ivy pairings between similarly untested league foes—not against teams with actual games already under their belts...