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Crystallizing a season’s worth of development towards that end, the Crimson—two weekends removed from a narrow 1.6-second win over now-No. 2 Princeton—routed then-No. 5 Northeastern by 13.8 seconds in its final regatta of the season...
These concerns, I feel, are three-fold. First and foremost, I am concerned by the low turnout and extremely narrow margin of passage that the first question of the referendum yielded. According to the official results, only 35 percent of the student body voted in the referendum, and the fee increase from $35 to $75 was passed by the margin of 53.2 percent to 46.8 percent (1,189 votes for, 1,046 against...
Instead of forcing all concentrations to dramatically restructure their curricula, the College should make Expos more useful for concentrations. As it stands, many Expos preceptors force students to write in particularly narrow and formulaic styles, which are typically inapplicable to assignments in other courses. The program could be much improved if it focused on writing skills more generally, using a variety of concentrations’ writing assignments as guides. Expos should emphasize the fundamentals of good writing rather than the nitty-gritty elements of style, making later tutorials better able to build on those skills in the sophomore and junior...
...Cargo shorts, flip-flops and T shirts were his standard outfit. But at Arizona State University, he had the brains to get his marketing degree in 3 1/2 years--and with a 3.84-grade-point average. At school he got into the habit of climbing at night up the narrow ladder of a 200-ft. light tower at Sun Devil Stadium. He would perch at the top, look at the stars and wonder where he was headed...
...growth in low-carb lines. Meanwhile, the central action alley at Wal-Mart SuperCenters crammed some 200 low-carb products into a 16-ft. run during prime dieting season after New Year's. The company is considering launching its own line of low-carb foods, which would surely narrow the price premium that many of these items carry...