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...four overtimes in their last three games, all resulting in stinging losses.“We’re putting a considerable amount of [practice] time into overtime contexts,” Murphy said. “We’ve been scrimmaging in overtime, just to get the mindset. When you consider Penn’s history, we want to be prepared.”Though not as highly ranked in most statistical categories as Harvard, Penn comes into this weekend’s game in the top half of the Ivy League in both scoring offense and defense...
Conventional wisdom says that when it comes to politics, young people don’t matter. As a group, they tend to be apathetic, disillusioned, and too lazy to vote. No one buys into this mindset more than today’s politicians and policy makers...
...which sponsors the annual Haute show, “strives to bridge the relationship between art and the art of fashion,” according to its mission statement. And Baird, who is in charge of the group’s public relations, is trying to stay within that mindset. This year’s focus is “more artsy and less wearable,” she says. “We want it to be more couture. I think one of the points is to cultivate people to appreciate...
...participants speak of the corps in beatific terms: according to them, TFA is the hardest job on the block, and the most rewarding. “In terms of my mindset and my confidence, Teach for America has been life-changing for me,” says Kristi L. Jobson ’06, a former FM editor who now teaches middle school students in the Bronx...
...minor—but rather because of fear that giving the vaccine to all girls will lead to an increase in sexual activity. Such an argument not only ignores the fact that women can contract HPV through non-consensual sex, but also reflects a dangerously naïve mindset. The idea that young people can, and should, be scared into abstinence is simply false and leads uninformed teens to engage in unsafe sexual behavior. Rather, teens should be educated on the practices of safe sex and the risks associated with sexual intercourse so that they can make smart informed decisions...