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...were in Australia. In 2002, Gugath voted for the Greens and Schröder's Social Democrats; last month she ticked the Christian Democrat box. "I'm a little embarrassed to tell my friends about it," she admits. "But something has to happen. Germany needs this kind of a signal for change." The biggest winner from the generational shift may be the fdp. A party that once relied on support from middle-aged voters increasingly appeals to the young. In the election, the fdp's youthful leadership stressed a simple campaign message that called for radical labor-market...
This problem would be solved if Princeton—and Harvard—would instead focus on combating the inflation of grades as a signal of raw accomplishment and committed itself to a much bolder change. The notion that a C denotes “average” performance in a course seems positively quaint today, but why not revive it? This is not to say that courses should be graded on a strict curve with a C as the mean; that would reinstate grades exclusively as a relative communicator of performance and have similar effects as the Princeton grading...
...this problem is not as serious as it seems. It is quite possible that Harvard attracts more students capable of exceptional work in one field than in another, and any raw indicator of performance would necessarily reflect this. Latin and English honors could continue to signal relative performance, as they do currently, and the College could consider normalizing the GPA calculation among different fields of study if departmental grades end up particularly unbalanced...
...clash between the gentlemanly amateurism that has characterized the Indian side and the hard-nosed professionalism that Chappell, a former captain of Australia's national team, was brought in to instill in India's talented but often lackadaisical players. His arrival in July was taken as a signal that their days of lackluster performances?the Zimbabwe tour, the first of Chappell's tenure, was also the first away test series India won in two decades?were over. But Chappell's ambition hasn't sat well with some players: bowler Harbhajan Singh complained to reporters that the new coach was subjecting...
Liam O’Hagan’s two rushing touchdowns marked the first pair of running scores for a Crimson signal-caller since Ryan Fitzpatrick found the endzone twice Oct. 4, 2003...Freshman Alex Breaux’s 135 yards in the air were the most by a Harvard receiver since Corey Mazza went for 195 since last season against Cornell...Dawson recorded two solo tackles for the game...Official attendance for the game was 9,339. That comes one week after the Crimson’s showdown with Brown brought 11,134 to Harvard Stadium...