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...says that he commonly receives e-mails from users seeking advice about college selection.The results speak for themselves. Since the Web site’s launch, it has already garnered a base of 24,000 students. And not only is the number of users impressive, but the program seems to achieve its intended goal: according to Shah, a 200-point increase in total score is typical over the length of the course. THE “MATH” TO SUCCESSOne of INeedAPencil.com’s success stories is Evan M. Kendall, currently a junior at Sharon High School...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prepping for the Big Leagues | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...your life as well. Here’s an added bonus: inserting the phrase, “yo it’s all in the game” into your conversations, accompanied by a ruggedly philosophical facial expression and an easy shrug of the shoulders, will make you seem effortlessly cool. Try it right now! See? Pretty sweet. No need to thank me.Navigating the tricky waters of the Harv can be tough. It’s for sure got its ups and downs, baby, its strikes and gutters. You win some, you lose some. Sometimes you?...

Author: By H. max Huber, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Taking It to the House: A Fond Farewell | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...Given what the UC stands to pay and what it stands to gain, it seems safe to say that purchasing 45 Mt. Auburn may not be the best idea possible. Current plans seem to call for the UC to shell out millions of dollars for a partial share in a decaying building. Under the current proposal, the building’s top two floors would remain inaccessible to the UC, leaving only the ground floor and basement, which requires heavy renovations to be usable. Even if the project did succeed, the potential improvements to student life to be derived from...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Capital Campaign to Nowhere | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...Russians seem to have a point: Georgia has grown increasingly tense in recent weeks as opponents of Saakashvili's handling of last year's confrontation with Moscow and the deepening economic crisis have taken to the streets, holding mass demonstrations and blocking roads in the capital. And it was those demonstrations that appear to have prompted the Mukhrovani soldiers' rebellion, at a base where soldiers had previously mutinied over pay and conditions in 2001 and 2004. "One cannot calmly watch the collapse of the country and watch the continuing political confrontation. But there won't be any aggressive action from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Military Mutiny in Georgia | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

...recently made headlines in Germany about a boy from New Jersey named after the Nazi leader. The decision on which names to accept and which to reject is generally left to the local registrar, but that decision can be contested in court. And sometimes the court's ruling can seem rather arbitrary. While the names Stompie, Woodstock and Grammophon have been rejected by German courts in the past, the similarly creative parents of Speedy, Lafayette and Jazz were granted their name of choice. (See pictures of Hitler's rise to power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Court Upholds Ban on Extra-Long Names | 5/6/2009 | See Source »

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