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...Captain Hurst Bowl on Saturday and Sunday, a 22-team event hosted by Dartmouth.The Crimson finished eighth in the 15-race regatta thanks to the B-division tandem of junior skipper John Garrity and junior crew Kerry Anne Bradford. The pair rescued the team by making a late push and winning four of the last six races. A total of 93 points earned them first place in the division. In A-division, sophomore skipper Drew Robb took the reins while filling in for senior Kyle Kovacs, who had a week off after his singlehanded performance last weekend. Robb teamed...
...Jesse M. Rothstein ’95 and Cecilia E. Rouse ’86 have found evidence that even at elite universities like Harvard high debt causes students to both avoid public interest jobs and change their academic decisions. While it would be unwise for schools to explicitly push students into certain fields, breaking down the barriers preventing many financially strained individuals from pursuing jobs about which they are truly passionate is unquestionably a good thing. In many cases, those who are most interested in pursuing careers in the non-profit sector are those who have benefited most from...
...more conventional election year, the G.O.P. might actually be making a push to regain a slim majority. The Senate is currently split 49-49 with two Independents - Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Vermont's Bernie Sanders - who caucus with the Democrats. But this cycle there are a range of factors working against them...
...Democrats on Capitol Hill are doing their best to lay the groundwork for a few upsets. In order to try and push legislation past the G.O.P.'s frequent filibusters, they have laid on the pressure, particularly on the four Republican incumbents from states trending Blue. The four - Maine's Susan Collins, New Hampshire's John Sununu, Gordon Smith of Oregon and Norm Coleman of Minnesota - are constantly on the spot, whether it's because of near-weekly votes on President Bush's strategy in Iraq or popular legislation to expand stem cell research and children's health care. The strategy...
...that we didn’t put them away when we had the chance,” coach John Kerr added. SWITCHING THE FIELD With 15 minutes remaining, and the Crimson trailing, 2-1, Kerr moved defenseman Kwaku Nyamekye up to forward, hoping that he could provide the extra push needed to get the equalizer. Nyamekye did not disappoint, scoring off Fucito’s corner kick in the final seven minutes. “Whenever we move Kwaku up, we feel a little bit more of a sense of urgency,” Hoff said. “Having...