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...Yale Bowl’s field, their package ready for delivery. They had spoken of, and planned for, this moment for weeks, but neither of them had expected their scheme would come to fruition, and certainly not in so haphazard a fashion. But there they were nonetheless. Success lay just a hundred yards away if they could only summon the courage to sprint to their Harvard brethren, dog in tow. Slowly jogging onto the grass, they led Handsome Dan in circles, drawing thunderous applause from a host of Elis. Then, without warning, they broke for the visitor?...
...from flagging. Professors can be a reactionary bunch, and they need to be let down gently when they are told that the paper they planned on grading a week past the deadline will actually arrive a week past the deadline. First, get a feel for the lay of the land. If the syllabus and reminder e-mails explicitly affirm that no extensions will be granted, it’s a good idea not to push your luck. If late papers are threatened with penalties, but no precise grade deduction is described, a precisely worded e-mail should do the trick...
...classmates had thought the high-achieving Kristof was destined for an academic life. They soon recognized that his future lay in newsprint...
Some students alleged that the main problem lay not with security measures but with deeper problems with male-dominated society. In October of 1981, SOS chair Elisabeth M. Einaudi ’83 and Peggy A. Mason ’82, chair of the Harvard “Take Back the Night” (TBTN) committee, wrote an op-ed in The Crimson calling for improved safety measures and criticizing the mentality that generated violence against women. The letter praised recent security improvements like the shuttle system and increase in the number of security guards, but it further suggested that...
...This is the Big Easy, and sometimes we lay back a little too much. Get off your duffs." RAY NAGIN, mayor of New Orleans, after being sworn in for a second term, prodding residents to work harder to rebuild their Katrina-ravaged city rather than wait for outside help. Nagin's swearing-in came on the first day of the 2006 hurricane season...