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...dean, the student-friendly initiatives Kagan promoted ranged from free coffee in the renovated Harkness Center to a revamp of the J.D. curriculum, which was the most significant overhaul in over 100 years. Kagan also presided over a significant expansion of the faculty, picking up numerous illustrious scholars from rival institutions. Among the Law School’s student body, Kagan enjoyed great popularity, and when she was passed over for the post of university president in 2007, hundreds of students wearing “I (Heart) EK” shirts celebrated the continuation of her deanship. Hylton said many...
...injuries have already taken their toll, as evidenced by the Crimson’s disappointing loss to league rival Rutgers-Newark in three sets last Friday. The defeat not only halted Harvard’s run of four straight wins, but also dropped the team into a tie with the Scarlet Pioneers for the division title...
...contrast to its opponent, George Mason finished its regular-season schedule on a high note with a 3-0 win over Tait Division rival NJIT last Saturday. The victory broke a two-game losing streak and brought the Patriots to 6-6 at home. Although the team is below .500 both in overall and conference play, Harvard is well-aware that its appearance on paper may be deceiving...
...Moody’s, like rival firms Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and Fitch, Inc., follows a “corporation-paid” model, in which the corporation issuing a security pays for Moody’s to rate that security. This creates a conflict of interest. Since rating agencies want to keep a steady flow of business, they have good reason to overrate securities and make their customers—the issuers—happy. Indeed, rating agencies in the past have given collaborative feedback to issuers to such an extent, some argue, that their ratings...
...world of sports, it’s not often that an opposing team can be your friend one week, then your biggest rival the next.Just one week ago, the Harvard men and women’s track and field team teamed up with Yale to compete against Oxford and Cambridge. Last Saturday, the two teams took the track one more time—this time meeting at the Crimson’s McCurdy Track—as Ivy League rivals.“I have always believed that when the gun goes off that’s when the competition...