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...make the leap from music to film...
Sophomore Shannon Flahive had the strongest day on either side for the Crimson, winning the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.09 seconds and taking the long jump with a 5.64 meter leap. She also placed second in the 200 meters, while sophomore Elissa Reidy was second to Flahive in the long jump...
...name has been on people’s lips for weeks, and in recent days she has been the clear frontrunner in the search for Harvard’s 28th leader. Though leading the University will represent a significant leap from her deanship at Radcliffe, friends and colleagues say they have no doubt that Drew Gilpin Faust is ready for the job. “I think she’s maybe the most impressive person I know,” says Steven Hahn, a professor of history at University of Pennsylvania who has known Faust for more than...
...wide range of disciplines. At the institute, Faust oversees 81 staff members, fewer than 15 faculty members, and a budget of about $16 million. As president, she would oversee a budget of about $3 billion and almost 25,000 employees, fueling questions about how she will handle such a leap. The choice of Faust, a historian specializing in the American South and the Civil War, signifies a return to the leadership of a career academic. Neil L. Rudenstine, the English scholar who led Harvard through the 1990s, was the last such academic at the helm of the University. Faust?...
...meters. It was a busy night for the junior, who also placed eighth in the 60-meter dash and 11th in the 60-meter hurdles. Smith finished eighth in the high jump and recorded a personal best in a second-place finish in the long jump. Her leap of 5.76 meters meets the 5.70-meter qualifying standard for the ECAC Championships.Smith’s performance also puts her at the top of the Ivy League standings in the long jump.“It was the first time I had taken a longer approach,” Smith said...