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Senior theses are notorious for being time-consuming and frustrating, yet ultimately rewarding. Music concentrator Michael L. Schachter ’09 took this characterization to new heights with his thesis, an original composition spanning many genres and lasting nearly an hour. Schachter undoubtedly has the artistic chops to pull off such an ambitious undertaking. He started playing the piano at age five and began to improvise and compose shortly afterward. The Boston-area native soon became interested in performing jazz, and he took composition lessons at the New England Conservatory throughout high school. When college rolled around, Schachter chose...

Author: By Monica S. Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Michael L. Schachter ’09 | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...would become this finding my soul mate, the love-of-my-life sort of deal. It does make you feel reticent about talking about it at the beginning because you're not sure if it's real, if it's going to stick. I didn't want to pull an Anne Heche, sheepishly heading back to the car dealership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Carol Leifer, Late Bloomer | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...course we need to know that doctors are healthy and competent. But the system is redundant and takes up way too much of our time - and many doctors believe it's largely for the benefit of the regulators themselves. A unified federal credentialing agency could pull those weeds right out and leave the country with 5% to 10% more doctoring at almost no cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Fix Health Care: Four Weeds to Remove | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...file room, according to Anderson. “Every drawer gets so full that you can’t put anything in it,” he explains. “If you’re trying to file this one item, you have to pull out five folders to get one item in, and then jam all five back in.”After his years of running this essential part of the process, Anderson is familiar with everything that could go wrong—and has a preemptive solution for it.“You don?...

Author: By Huma N. Shah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Don't Touch That File | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...George’s, Resendes served as the team manager and statistics keeper for the football and baseball teams. When he arrived at Harvard last September, the pull to remain a teammate continued. But in their first meeting, Resendes and Walsh realized an unexpected bond that found its strength far beyond their favorite game...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshman Manager Becomes Teammate | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

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