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...actually gives us opportunity to start recruiting in a way that we think is more competitive,” Fitzsimmons said. “Our own focus groups have increasingly made the argument that the school visit has become less and less important.” Fitzsimmons said that joint travel trips—attended by larger numbers of students, parents, and counselors—have proven more effective in attracting prospective applicants. He added that Harvard will continue to visit 127 cities with along with Georgetown, the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, and Stanford. When asked if he was worried...
...Indeed, the worst possible scenario emerging out of this diplomatic fracas is a joint Russo-Iranian alliance against the United States. Energy-rich Russia and Iran have struck a friendship of sorts. In 2000, then-President Putin abrogated the 1995 Gore-Chernomyrdin agreement and renewed arms dealings between Russia and Iran. Since then, Putin has signed a $1 billion arms deal with Iran and supported Iran’s nuclear ambitions. During Putin’s 2007 visit to Tehran, the first trip to the Iranian capital by a Kremlin leader since Joseph Stalin’s visit...
...limited influence in the matter. “Although the project has serious implications for Cambridge, it is fundamentally a Belmont decision.” Councilor Craig A. Kelley proposed two amendments to the resolution in an effort to secure some Cambridge input in the matter. He requested a joint meeting of the Cambridge and Belmont Conservation Committees—which will assess the project from an environmental perspective—and called for the Belmont City Manager to report back to the City Council on any decisions on the issue. —Staff writer Danella H. Debel...
...School will begin a free summer test-preparation program for low-income college students in an attempt to boost socioeconomic diversity at law schools and to create a template curriculum for other schools to use. But whether the Training and Recruitment Initiative for Admission to Leading Law Schools, a joint effort with NYU Law School and Advantage Testing, will accomplish its goal of increasing socioeconomic diversity depends on whether or not other law schools adopt the system since only 20 students will gain entry to this summer’s pilot session. As of Sunday, at least 5000 applications...
...lobbyists to the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics branch. This is an essential component of breaking the “revolving door” mentality that has characterized weapons procurement policy in recent years, especially in high-technology, high-cost programs like the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. To that end, we hope that Carter can change the culture of excessive spending and bring common sense to American weapons procurement...