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...Harvard? There was, undoubtedly and unavoidably, failure and worse. A disastrous performance in a class with Harvey Mansfield sophomore fall, when grade deflation was at its peak. A poorly planned and ultimately unsuccessful candidacy for president of The Crimson, closely followed by news of a family member’s terminal illness. A senior thesis that never really came together. An incarnation of Handsome Dan with unusually short bulldog legs. In short, more setbacks in the last four years than in the previous...
Every team has its highs and lows. For the Harvard women’s volleyball team, last year’s peak of winning its first-ever Ivy title was followed by a major valley in 2006: a winless league season. After graduating three members of the Class of 2005—including one of the Crimson’s all-time great hitters, Kaego Ogbechie—a young Harvard squad boasting just one senior displayed a lot of potential but struggled due to inexperience. Although the Crimson kicked off its season by capturing the New England Challenge title...
Records are made to be broken, but on Mount Everest they have been shattering at a dizzying pace in the past month. It's peak season on the 29,035-ft. summit--the world's highest--and more than 90 mountaineers made it to the top just last week. Here's a look at some of the notables who were up for the climb...
MOUNTING NATIONAL PRIDE Lebanon's flag was planted atop the peak for the first time, thanks to Maxim Chaya. And Leo Oracion became the first Filipino...
...imagine this might be news to you, so I will share the facts. In the last 35 years, the proportion of kids who attend college has jumped 50%. Back in 1970, when the peak swell of Baby Boomers was 20 to 24 years old, there were 2.7 million of them attending college. That number pales to you guys. Over 6 million of you are in college right now. Among all countries of the world, America ranks No. 1 in sending kids to college...