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...It’s pretty unfair that the athletes are the only ones who could find out early,” varsity field hockey player Sara M. Flood ’10 said. Flood, who received a likely letter on October 4 of her senior year, described the process as “completely biased...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Sports, Admit Policy Not Binding | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

...Fitzsimmons said there were no plans to eliminate the likely letter practice. And Nichols Family Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise said yesterday that the advanced notification was a necessary evil in the college recruiting process...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Sports, Admit Policy Not Binding | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

Exploding offers are named for their immediacy. For non-Ivy League schools, offering a binding letter of intent to a student also attractive to Harvard—and demanding a signature—can be considered an exploding offer. For early admission Ivy League schools, which cannot offer athletic scholarships, telling a student—usually over the summer or early in their senior year—that the school will advocate for the student only if he applies early, can also be considered an exploding offer...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Sports, Admit Policy Not Binding | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

Varsity hockey player and likely letter recipient Jack Christian ’09 also said the recruiting process was arduous. “A lot of people when they’re getting recruited are just tired with the process and want to get it over with,” he said...

Author: By Benjamin L. Weintraub, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Sports, Admit Policy Not Binding | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

...found a “robust” five to seven fold increase in osteosarcoma rates in young boys exposed to fluoridated water. I do not believe that the Harvard inquiry has clarified this matter at all, either in Harvard’s official Aug. 15 statement or the letter from Dr. Margaret Dale sent out Sept. 7. Whether or not investigators were somehow influenced by Douglass’ million dollar contribution to the new Dental School building, will someone at Harvard please provide a detailed explanation as to why the investigators decided to exonerate Douglass before this matter sullies...

Author: By Samuel S. Epstein, | Title: Harvard Inquiry Into Fluoride Study Problematic | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

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