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...Garrett G. D. Nelson ’09 is a social studies and visual and environmental studies concentrator in Cabot House...
...news coming to students as part of an e-mail circulated by Dean of the College David Pilbeam to the undergraduate community outlining emergency communication measures. “We think this is the right way to go,” said Associate Dean for Residential Life Suzy M. Nelson of the decision to bring back the phones. “It’s a whole package of how are we examining on a day-to-day basis our ability to communicate effectively with students in the event of an emergency.” Nelson added that much...
...corner, and switch between slick and treaded tires. Early exposure to those details "explains why people like [Hamilton] are that good," says Martin Hines, boss of the Hertfordshire-based Zip Kart Young Guns team, which backed Hamilton when he was 8 years old and now does the same for Nelson. "They've had 10 years of this before they...
...Sure, karts typically lack gears, and there's no suspension to speak of. But there's often a push-button starter, a hydraulic disk brake, and a tiny onboard computer that measures everything from average speed to G-force. In the cadet class for the youngest competitive drivers like Nelson, the karts' 60-cc engines clock speeds of around 50 m.p.h. (80 km/h). The junior classes - open to racers from around 12 - have 100-cc to 125-cc motors that top 75 m.p.h. (120 km/h) on a typical 1-km circuit. Engines get even faster in the senior classes...
...front from third spot only to swipe a couple of chasing karts off the track and earn a disqualification. "The next three to four years," says Hines, looking on at the bust-up, "are about getting that out of him." For Rowland's fellow Young Gun Nelson, these are still early days. He trailed home 13th in his Grand Prix final, but as an 8-year-old competing with drivers four years his senior, did well even to make the cut. "Lewis was this good at 8," Hines remembers, likening Nelson to Hamilton. "In four years' time," Hines says, runners...