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For Asian American applicants to Harvard, checking off the “particular ethnic group” box on the Common Application just became more nerve-wracking. According to a study published Friday in the UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, affirmative action policies disadvantage Asian American applicants more...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tough Odds for Asian Americans | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

The motion before the FAS in support of open access to scholarly articles concerns openness in general. It is meant to promote the free communication of knowledge. By retaining rights for the widest possible dissemination of the faculty’s work, it would make scholarship by members of the...

Author: By Robert Darnton | Title: The Case for Open Access | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

According to the study, the most effective tactic globally has been simply to raise prices. "Increasing taxes is the best way to decrease consumption," Bettcher said, pointing to the direct relationship between a rise in excise tax rates and a fall in cigarette purchases in South Africa between 1990 and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smoking Will Kill 1 Billion People | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

Clinton is counting on recouping whatever ground she loses over the next few weeks in early March, when Ohio and Texas hold their primaries. Ohio is in economic distress and has large numbers of downscale Democrats. Clinton also expects to draw upon institutional support from organized labor. And the high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Not Over Yet | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

Yesterday’s Cambridge School Committee meeting turned tense after committee member Alfred B. Fantini lambasted City Councillor Craig A. Kelley for making disparaging comments about the situation of Cambridge schools at recent City Council meetings. “Every time [Kelley] hits us, I’m hitting...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge School Debate Heats Up | 2/6/2008 | See Source »

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