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...half boys, half girls - and their families, all participants in the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development. The children were born between October 1997 and July 1998 and represented a socio-economic cross-section of Quebec society. Mothers were surveyed about their children during their earliest school years - every six months up to age 6 - in order to determine how often children complained of suffering physical violence at school, being called names or being teased by their peers. Subsequently, the study asked the same questions of teachers and the children themselves...
...until last weekend, the Harvard field hockey team had not scored six goals in a game in over five years. Yesterday, in its game against Saint Louis at Jordan Field, the Crimson (6-5, 2-1 Ivy) not only tallied six goals, it also kept the Billikens (4-8, 0-1 Atlantic 10) scoreless. Sophomore midfielder Chloe Keating, sophomore forward Leigh McCoy, and senior forward Tami Jafar notched two goals apiece while co-captain Kylie Stone and freshman goaltender Ana Roda combined for a shutout in a dominant 6-0 win. “We’re really coming...
...just here to have a good time, and [to] work for a good cause.”In addition to the food and drink—as well as the more charitable-minded work—Oktoberfest also featured a musical selection, including simultaneous performances from six stages across the Square.The Mass. Ave. main stage offered performances by rock bands, a hip-hop funk band and an alternative, psychedelic marching band from Portland. Club Passim showcased the club’s newest discoveries of singer-songwriters, while the Holyoke Center stage offered passers-by live jazz. Tthe HONK! Festival Parade...
...years, six-figure starting salaries have been the exclusive privilege of bankers, doctors, and lawyers. But now, a New York City charter school called The Equity Project promises to bring teachers into the $100,000-plus-club as well. The Equity Project, which is located in the historically disadvantaged and largely Hispanic neighborhood of Washington Heights, seeks to fundamentally change the paradigm of American public education: By offering its teachers base salaries of $125,000, the school hopes to bring the best and brightest educators into its classrooms—a logical response to the large body of empirical research...
Frustration is building for Harvard men’s water polo. The road-weary Crimson (2-9, 1-3 CWPA) brought a six-game losing streak into the long weekend, hoping to reverse the trend with critical contests against Iona and Fordham on Sunday. Instead, after dropping the games 12-10 and 14-6, respectively, Harvard left as it had arrived, searching for answers in a season that started so well.“We have to get everybody back on the same page,” Harvard coach Erik Farrar said. “We need to get back...