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Currently, there is talk by H. Ross Perot, chairman of the Governor's Select Committee on Public Education of stiffening academic requirements for high school athletes, cutting athletic budgets, and changing eligibility requirements to eliminate the incentive for holding student back. Such recommendations--several of which are supported by President Bok--are both reasonable and well-intentioned. But the committee must keep in mind when formulating such reforms that eliminating athletics programs will not just protect students from exposure to an unhealthy environment: it is also closing off perhaps the only avenue many students have to "getting out"--a painful...
Cambridge voters, including about 1000 Harvard students, will today select the people who will run the city and its schools and decide if nuclear arms-related work will continue to be allowed within its borders...
...half the lifetimes of current Harvard water polo team members, the team has been losing to Brown. In that span Harvard has joined the select elite of non-California teams to develop proficiency in this grueling sport. Yet, the Crimson's nemesis eludes...
...some spots is so tight that as many as "eight gifted players" might be trying for one spot, says Kingston. And a host of players--Kevin Lennon, Hassan Rifast, Gus Spanos, John Beilenson, John Kennedy and Mark Bumford--are considered likely prospects to be named to the New England Select Team...
Obviously, a domestic Olympics is the most desirable of all. Because the U.S. is host, several American teams that ordinarily might have difficulty qualifying?soccer, field hockey, team handball?are admitted automatically. The U.S. is also entitled to select "demonstration sports," and has chosen baseball and tennis. With American competitors in such abundance, Wolper thought $200 million would not be unreasonable. Outbidding CBS, NBC and an independent consortium that included Norman Lear, ABC paid $225 million. Including foreign rights, broadcast revenues should exceed $300 million, one-third of which goes to the International Olympic Committee...