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...only touchdown at the 1955 Harvard-Yale Game, which garnered the applause of the present-day audience. Faust mentioned this achievement, which she referred to as “perchance his most legendary achievement,” in her speech, and described the section of his Senate Web site biography that details his famous touchdown and the subsequent offer to play for the Green Bay Packers. “Fortunately for all of us not from Wisconsin, he turned them down,” she said, telling the audience that he told the Green Bay coach he wanted...
...website he hopes can help college and graduate students who are feeling the loan crunch as well as kids as young as middle schoolers. On GradeFund.com, students can upload their transcripts each semester and earn money for every A. More than 750 students have signed up since the site went live Nov. 15, and the number is growing fast. (See pictures of the evolution of the college dorm...
...schools in New York City have started paying students up to $50 for scoring well on standardized tests, and other school districts are experimenting with giving gift certificates to top-performing students. But GradeFund puts the rewards in students' hands. Or rather, in their friends' and families' hands. The site is akin to Facebook in that it lets students create a profile and send out invitations asking for sponsors to pledge whatever they please for each A - $1, $2 or more. Sponsors can also donate by subject area, giving money to students who ace, say, organic chemistry or film studies...
...weeks since the site launched, Antonietti has busily sent out GradeFund invites. "I've asked relatives, friends of the family, teachers I've had in previous years," she says. So far, she has 15 donors who've pledged $10 per A. The money could add up: if she gets straight A's in her five classes, she'll earn $750 a semester...
...event will be shown live on the University's Web site, harvard.edu...