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...bottles were neatly discarded in the available trash receptacles, and the grunting battle cries of frat boys were remarkably rare. One Notre Dame fan chalked it up to the “better class of people” that attended said game. “This is a top-notch college,” he commented, “it’s not really the blue-collar crowd that goes to an NFL game or something...
Kicking off Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra music director James Yannatos’ 40th year at Harvard is this spectacular concert featuring works by two legendary heavyweights of classical music, Dmitri Shostakovich and Ludwig von Beethoven. Yannatos conducts this majestic evening of top-notch music. Tickets $8-16, student $6-10. 8 p.m. Sanders Theatre...
Odds are that a captive tiger is under stress much of the time. Even top-notch zoos and shelters cannot give big cats the huge range they have evolved, over millions of years, to need. Under such artificial conditions, one false move can provoke an attack. Sarah Roy, for example, tried to pet Tigger, the Arizona tiger, when it approached her during a foray into the animal's cage. She is now recovering from leg wounds but plans to return to work...
Since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI has received some 40,000 applications for linguist jobs. Only about ten percent get hired; the FBI went through 1600 Arabic speakers to hire 160 people in the last two years. Part of the reason: It?s hard to find top-notch linguists who also can also qualify for a top secret security clearance. FBI linguists must be equally able to interpret a wiretap laced with street slang and to read a document containing scientific jargon. And, making matters more difficult, the FBI competes with the CIA and other parts of the intelligence community...
Last year’s class leadership came under fire after a soggy and sparse Senior Soiree and a lottery of Red Sox tickets that some seniors claimed was unfair, this year’s marshals vowed to take things up a notch...