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...think it’s rare that this happens to a class,” LaGreca said. “We still had success. Even though we’re going to have a coaching change, I’m positive that we’ll still be successful...
It’s not everyday that an athlete gets the chance to compete for a national title. Junior distance runner Claire Richardson took advantage of one such rare opportunity on Friday night, capping off a stellar season on the track with a 19th-place finish and personal record in the 5,000-meter run at the NCAA national championships in Eugene...
...comparisons to famous con artists like Frank William Abignale, Jr., famously portrayed in the film “Catch Me If You Can.” While the details surrounding Wheeler’s alleged lies and forgeries are of a sensational nature, academic dishonesty is unfortunately not a rare offense committed at Harvard. In a review of the Administrative Board of Harvard College, the College’s student disciplinary body, the Crimson found that almost a quarter of the students Harvard asks to withdraw each year are asked to do so because of academic dishonesty. Just two weeks...
Although Metz said that her dedicated senior year tutor helped her with her thesis and eventually inspired her to become a sociologist, he was a rare exception among the teaching staff. “There were very few faculty members who didn’t treat their female students like afterthoughts,” she said...
Some administrators, however, consider the College Fellow Program to be more than a mere economic solution to the hiring slowdown. For some, the initiative also provides former graduate students the rare opportunity to spend a year developing their teaching skills, thereby making them more competitive in the job market...