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...commission’s proposal to create a more comprehensive system of college rankings, however, is a worthy one. Currently, the major college rankings—U.S. News and World Reports and the Princeton Review—only rank the top few hundred schools. The creation of more a comprehensive ranking system would serve students across the spectrum of academic ability. In particular, students who are not applying to top-tier schools would be given tools to be better gauge which colleges will serve them best...
...team’s success continued with a defeat of Georgetown for the Class of 2004 Cup the next week. At the Knect Cup the following week, Radcliffe forged the defining moment of the season as the Black and White’s varsity eight asserted its No. 1 ranking with another triumph over Princeton just two weeks after its victory in California. Radcliffe had not beat Princeton in back-to-back meetings at any time over the past three years. And to top the weekend off, the Black and White also defeated its other main rival in the regatta...
...PBHA program! Oh, I have “style”! Oh, I’m “ethnic” and only chosen because the white FM editors see me as a novelty! Could you please just pick the 15 freshmen girls under 120 pounds and rank them according to boob size? Is that so hard? We asked FM if we could have a “Top 15” spread of our own, but unfortunately, common decency wouldn’t allow it. Here are some of our rejected ideas: “15 Ugliest Kids...
...message over the Lowell-open email list criticizing the Council’s decision not to fund the vans used by FASE to run their programs. “Tutoring minority children in areas that you can’t get to by the T doesn’t rank on their to-fund list and it is disappointing,” wrote Amy S. Morgenstern ’06. The Council chose not to fund the program due to FiCom’s policy of not funding transporation costs. Earlier in the year, the UC overruled FiCom?...
...brand-new surgical resident, who diagnosed an intestinal obstruction. "This resident said to my wife--this is now midnight--'Well, in my experience, this can wait until morning.'" Since his experience at that point in his residency amounted to roughly three days on the job, the Groopmans pulled rank. They called someone who called someone who happened to be home on the holiday, and they wound up with a senior surgeon who came in, did an emergency operation at 3 a.m. and, Groopman says, saved his son's life...