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...Pants,” open to all, began at the Alewife station at 3 p.m. There, a crowd gathered of roughly 100 people, mostly college students from throughout the city, including a number from Harvard...

Author: By Emily J. Hogan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Area Students Go Pantsless on T | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...from the Dish, a satellite television provider. Crimson Cable subscribers will use Slingboxes, which allow access to cable television channels on the Internet. Unlike other proposals, the service will not require the installation of any cables. Castine hopes to make the service available across campus and will limit the number of Slingboxes to six per House. “I think of it really as a coop, just a bunch of students banding together to get TV,” Castine wrote in an e-mailed statement. “I don’t like to think...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cable Plan Gets Tepid Nod | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...official from Harvard’s Italian program said that the College Board’s decision to cut the Advanced Placement Italian exam starting next year might reduce the number of undergraduates pursuing citations, secondary fields, and concentrations in the language. Elvira G. DiFabio, the Italian program’s director of undergraduate studies, said the College Board’s decision was “really unfortunate” because AP Italian allows “more freshmen into the advanced classes” and “may even lead them to consider a concentration...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Italian Program Frets Lack of AP Exam | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard’s attempts to regroup ended up being too little, too late.HE’S ALL RILED UPJunior goalie John Riley notched 15 saves in his 25-minute relief performance. Coming in late in the second period with the Crimson down by four, Riley deflected a number of shots to limit the Bulldogs to one goal-against.“I thought John came into a tough situation and played very well,” Donato said.Yale’s best chance to boost its lead came midway through the third period, as Bulldog Matt Nelson...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: First Period Struggles Doom Crimson Efforts | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...idea that allowing students to hide specific SAT scores is advantageous is fundamentally incorrect. A major upside of requiring students to report all of their scores is that this dissuades students from retaking the test an excessive number of times. Presumably the College Board has been operating from the same misimpression as Harvard College Dean of Admissions William Fitzsimmons, who endorsed the new policy when he told the New York Times, “Score Choice will help defuse some of the pressure and give students a sense that not everything is riding on the tests, which really...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Poor Choice | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

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