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...season wasn’t so merry for the Harvard women’s basketball team this year, as the squad spent the closing stages of 2003 battling a slew of key injuries. Though the Crimson (6-5) managed two wins and two losses after the beginning of winter recess and has salvaged a record above the .500 mark, it has had to adjust and then readjust to the continuous stream of afflictions burdening the backcourt...
Although Salzberg said there is much work to be done on the house—the weeks following winter recess will be devoted to renovations—the members of Sigma Chi are content to have a place to call home and its alums are pleased to know that Sigma Chi will continue to be a presence at Harvard...
Although Salzberg said there is much work to be done on the house—the weeks following winter recess will be devoted to renovations—the members of Sigma Chi are content to have a place to call home and its alums are pleased to know that Sigma Chi will continue to be a presence at Harvard...
...addition, many educators worry about rising academic pressure in kindergarten and first grade in anticipation of the yearly tests demanded by the No Child Left Behind Act. In Texas, which has led the nation in embracing such tests, most kindergartens now go the full day, yet some have eliminated recess or limited it to 15 minutes a day. "It's a mistake to focus exclusively on academic readiness," says Stephen Hinshaw, chair-elect of the psychology department at University of California, Berkeley. "Even more vital than early reading," he says, "is the learning of play skills, which form the foundation...
...course, Project Fun shares a certain paradox with the new crop of organizations promoting spontaneous social life. “We’re institutionalizing recess, which should be just a pickup game or something,” Lurie admits. Still, he says, “You gotta do what you gotta do. Desperate times call for desperate measures...