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...spirit of our vision,” Menand said. “If we can make this work in some way—we’re not sure what the best way to do that would be—we’d really sort of lock in the message we’re trying to send with our curriculum...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: REPORT RECASTS THE CORE | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

...admissions programs. Both Early Action (EA) and Early Decision (ED) programs create a perception, if not a reality, of preferential treatment to socioeconomically advantaged applicants. Moreover, this perception likely discourages applicants without good counseling from applying at all. EA programs are often incorrectly understood to be binding contracts that lock students into attending their institution of choice, should they be accepted. In this case, perception is more damaging than fact. It is commonly known that misinformation and lack of individual attention to detail are both rampant problems in poorer, overcrowded and understaffed school systems. Often all that is understood...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Harvard is Still Right | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

...heels of his teammate, posting a time of 25:14. Junior Ryan Hafer had the best showing for the Crimson, coming in third with a time of 25:24 despite having to battle illness. But Hafer was bracketed by Yale runners, who also came in fourth and fifth to lock up the victory for the Bulldogs. Harvard senior Sean Barrett, freshman Ben Gutierrez and junior Brian Holmquest finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively, but those showings were not enough to overcome Yale’s top-heavy performance. Despite the defeat, the Crimson remained optimistic as to its prospects...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meets With Princeton, Yale Result in Disappointing Defeats | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

...Bomb the village, kill the people, Throw some napalm in the square, Do it on a Sunday morning, Kill them on their way to prayer. Ring the bell inside the school house, Watch those kiddies gather round, Lock and load with your two-forty, Mow them little motherf---ers down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dixie Chicks and the Good Soldiers | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...make a thorough assessment to make sure this will not happen again," Filion said. "I don't want to have to lock our doors or make Dawsonlike a fortress. We are about education. First we have to understand why this is happening in society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police Seeking Motive In Montreal College Shooting | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

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