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This year, almost 900 first-year students at Baylor University in Texas retook their SATs. No, this was not a grading mistake. It was because Baylor wanted to boost its ranking in U.S. News and World Report’s list of “Best Colleges.” Baylor incentivized freshmen with $300 at the campus bookstore to retake their SATs and offered $1,000 a year in scholarship aid to those who raised their scores by at least 50 points. Though seemingly cavalier and unethical, programs like this are products of the bizarre and destruction nature...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Blame Game | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

...kind of short, and the receivers did the rest of the way.”Things slowed in the third quarter, as Cornell used a 15-play, 64-yard, 7:17 drive to set up its only score of the frame, a 25-yard field goal, but Harvard retook its three-touchdown lead with a 35-yarder of its own.Dorris led the team in tackles with 11 (five unassisted) and added a second-quarter interception tipped by sophomore defensive back Collin Zych, who had nine tackles of his own. Senior cornerback Andrew Berry matched Zych’s defensive output...

Author: By Ricky Liu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Back on Track with Ivy Victory | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

Crocker assured Congress that we are making progress. The Iraqi government retook the port of Basra that week, Iraq's main export terminal. And now that the government is in full control of Iraq's oil infrastructure things will get better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing the Iraq Oil Card | 5/9/2008 | See Source »

...this game here this evening,” Amaker said.Harvard grabbed the lead at the 15:11 mark when a pass to Magnarelli in the paint bounced off his hands straight to junior guard Andrew Pusar, who converted a lay-up for a 48-47 lead. After Northeastern retook the lead with a lay-up and the Crimson turned it over, Lin came up with a steal and fed Housman for a fast-break basket. On the team’s next offensive possession, Housman drove and dished to junior forward Evan Harris...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball's Comeback Bid Falls Short at Northeastern | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

Trailing 3-0, the Crimson retook the lead on one swing in the top of the second. Murphy, who entered the day holding the Ivy League single-season home run record with 17, had been walked intentionally in three of her four times plate appearances in the first game. So Allard moved her to the leadoff spot, with the idea that she would get on base for Kidder and Brown to drive...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Earns Championship Date | 5/1/2007 | See Source »

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