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Something very real did happen 25 centuries ago in a narrow pass on Greece's northern coast called Thermopylae--the name means "the hot gates." In August of 480 B.C., a force of about 7,000 Greek soldiers assembled there, including 300 Spartans under the leadership of their king, Leonidas. The Spartans were sick, scary fighters, brutally trained from childhood, the ancient equivalent of special forces. They were there to meet an army of more than 250,000 Persians under the command of King Xerxes...
...Harvard students by determining the minutiae of implementation that students will have to deal with constantly. We hope the committee uses its power wisely to ensure that both current and future students have a wide range of choice in the classes they take at Harvard.The Core Curriculum suffers from narrow restrictions and from an overly bureaucratic Core Office. Only 82 departmental courses are cross-listed for Core credit in the Courses of Instruction. Of those, 44 are concentrated in three of the Core’s 11 areas. A mere two departmental classes are listed as options for Foreign Cultures...
...Here! By GISELLE BARCIA, BRIGIT M. HELGEN, and JILLIAN K. SWENCIONIS Friday, February 16, 2007 Both in print and in conversation, the discussion of this huge event has veered away from substantive issues about Faust’s vision for the University; instead it has had a remarkably narrow focus: gender...
...March 5, the USA Hockey Foundation will narrow their nominees for the Kazmaier Award down to three. Other finalists for the prize include Harvard teammate sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt, as well as two from Wisconsin and one each from Mercyhurst, Dartmouth, Ohio State, New Hampshire, St. Lawrence, and Minnesota-Duluth...
...With a hitting percentage of .312 and .300 for the Crimson and the Brewers, respectively, the score remained close throughout.But Harvard again pulled ahead with Weissbourd’s solid serving performance, carrying the Crimson to the top, 21-16. Although a string of Harvard errors allowed Vassar to narrow the gap, 22-21, the Crimson stayed in control, overcoming the Brewers, 30-26.Maintaining its offensive rhythm while Vassar lost focus, the Crimson took a 7-2 lead in the fourth game, setting the tone for its big finish. Committing a series of errors, the Brewers charted a remarkably low hitting...