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...align itself with the majority of the country and hold exams before Christmas, allowing for a longer winter break and causing the removal, shortening, or at least restructuring of Reading Period and Intersession. I come before you today as a dissenting opinion, someone who thinks we are all too quick to dismiss the unique benefits, tangible and intangible, that our current exam schedule offers us.People complain that our Christmas break is shorter than other schools’, and perhaps it is if looked at only as a “Christmas” break. But consider the span of time...
...Preferred Guide of College Counselors.” Just in case your curiosity has been aroused about Harvard’s standing—the Harvard statistics were compiled by Dominic Hood ’05—here is a quick review. We earn “A’s” for academics, off-campus dining, campus housing, and transportation. Not surprisingly, our lowest grades were for campus dining, off-campus housing, Greek life, and parking. Guys at Harvard give Girls a “B-,” while the females are a little more generous...
...least one passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 924 maintains the federal air marshals were a little too quick on the draw when they shot and killed Rigoberto Alpizar as he frantically attempted to run off the airplane shortly before take...
...Harvard] to see how things work on the ground, that is not common,” said Casey. By contrast, the Boston Globe reported on Dec. 1 that Harvard ranked second in the nation in terms of its spending to bring White House speakers to Harvard. Casey was quick to draw a distinction between the two types of spending, saying that lobbying government officials and bringing political speakers to academic events at Harvard are not connected, although the two are often confused. Executive Director at the Harvard Institute of Politics Catherine McLaughlin said that there was no lobbying involved when...
...points to the Terriers (1-5) over the past two seasons, Sullivan focused on defense, throwing some relatively new zone looks at BU. Sullivan implemented an extended 3-2 zone to engage the Terriers’ perimeter shooters and added a trap underneath to force quick decisions from the BU interior players. The Terriers came out hot on a 14-5 run and continued to shoot well throughout the half, knocking down 62 percent of their attempts from the field. But the Harvard zone forced eight BU turnovers in the opening 20 minutes, as the Crimson (5-2) recorded seven...