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...light of the fact that the university has experienced a 30 percent drop in its endowment and a decline in tuition and donation revenue, it is admirable that it has managed to keep financing for the housing project in order. We have been told repeatedly over the past few weeks that recovery from the financial fallout will not be rapid or easy. It is heartening that, despite this reality, the university remains committed to this massive endeavor...
Most loyal viewers of NBC's "Heroes" are well aware that the show has spiraled downward into a convoluted mess over the past two seasons. Between the excess of characters, nonsensical and repetitive plotlines, and the fact that continuity has been completely shot to hell, FlyBy is seriously hoping for an upward turn. Perhaps the volume's title "Redemption" is self-referential, but after watching this week's episode, we aren't getting our hopes...
...young fall campaign. While the women’s team took the weekend off from competition to sail an alumni event, the co-ed squad’s top sailors placed fifth at the Hood Trophy regatta hosted by Tufts University. Some less experienced team members also competed this past weekend and collected a fifth-place effort at the Central Series Three regatta at Boston University...
...also the top Harvard finisher and 17th overall at the University of Albany Invitational in 2009, and while neither of the younger siblings has had a chance to garner such success with only one collegiate race to their credit, the boys will rely on ample past experience running with the family...
Finally, we could regard voting as a civic duty in recognition of the past and ongoing sacrifices made by men and women in the name of democracy. The struggle for universal suffrage has been both long and turbulent. It began in 1775 with the War of Independence and it continues to this very day. In many parts of the world, people are still denied the right to vote on the basis of gender and race...