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Down by 11 points with less than four minutes left in regulation, the Crimson rallied back to within three points on a Dana Smith layup with 12 seconds left on the clock...
This message is a frightening one, challenging the security and morality of a way of life for nearly 8 million inhabitants. Sherman McCoy is no Ivan Boesky, but rather a complex and almost enduring character. He sees nothing wrong with his code of conduct, expects nothing less than perfect acceptance of the world. And that world explodes in his face--perishing in the flames the culture that produced Masters of the Universe and Masters of the Ghetto...
Spencer S. Hsu's article entitled "Asian-American Admissions: Subtle Discrimination Reflected in Admissions" (February 11, 1988) is an emotional outburst that is based upon ill-founded premises and which proposes an illogical solution. Hsu concludes that because admission rates for Asian-Americans are less than that of their white peers, Harvard is guilty of racial discrimination. Although he admits Harvard has no quota system, Hsu claims that Harvard's standard for admission places the "average" Asian-American applicant at a disadvantage, and thus, indirectly practices racial discrimination. Hsu demands that Harvard eliminate this difference in acceptance rates; if this...
...admissions office also stated that Asian American applicants participate less in extra-curriculars than their white peers. However, even granting this (which many Harvard Asian students deny), its validity as an excuse for lower admission rates is questionable on several grounds...
...momentum of the Crimson and the fatigue of the Huskies showed greatly in the first two periods when the teams skated more or less evenly. Harvard was surprisingly successful in bottling up Northeastern's passing, and getting close defensive support for junior netminder Jennifer White...