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When confronted with this reality, political analysts and commentators often exclaim helplessness at the outcome, citing Kenneth Arrow’s “impossibility theorem” as a justification for using a flawed voting system. Arrow, a Stanford economist, won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his theorem explaining that no voting system could perfectly represent the preferences of a group of voters. According to the theorem, a perfectly representative voting system would create an outcome where the ranking of winners would align with voter preferences, unanimity would be respected, there would be no dictators, and irrelevant choices...

Author: By Ravi N. Mulani | Title: Making the Right Choices | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

Originally founded as WHCN (Harvard Crimson Network) in 1940, the station was managed by undergraduate Kenneth I. Richter ’43 and several of his friends from the ham radio club. According to Holmes, WHCN is the oldest continuously running college radio station in the country. Despite being initially funded by The Crimson, the radio station soon changed its name to WHRV (Harvard Radio Voice) and became a self-sufficient entity. In 1957, the station switched from closed-channel to open-channel, opening up its broadcasting to the surrounding Boston area...

Author: By Zachary N. Bernstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: WHRB's 70th Celebrates Musical Community | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

Past speakers at the HRC’s Lincoln Day Dinner include Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee’s Platform Committee J. Kenneth Blackwell and Michael S. Steele, who has since become chairman...

Author: By Stephanie B. Garlock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HRC Celebrates Lincoln Day | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

...notched a time of 48.23 in his event, while Wilson finished in 1:53.41—both efforts that separated the winners from their closest competition by more than a second. Other first-place finishers for the Crimson were co-captain Justin Grinstead, and freshmen Fedor Garin and Kenneth Wang Kan who competed in the 400m hurtles, pole vault, and long jump, respectively...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Track Shows Promise in Last Tune-Up Meet | 4/12/2010 | See Source »

Black silicon has practical applications, such as cameras and night vision goggles, but Kenneth C. Hammond ’12—who works in Mazur’s lab—hopes to create more efficient solar cells with the new substance...

Author: By Eleanor T. Regan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Accidental Discovery of Black Silicon Holds Practical Applications | 4/9/2010 | See Source »

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