Word: skill
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...must athletics be an index for diversity? Do people with the ability to dribble or shoot a ball indicate a more diverse community? Diversity at Harvard should be measured the same way it is in society: by race and socioeconomic class. Athletic skill does not fall under those categories, and it's difficult to see how Harvard can pursue the goal of a diverse student body on the one hand, and give preference to athletes (and alumni children) on the other...
...argue by saying that athletic skill is no different in the admission process from a special aptitude for writing or music. But Harvard is an academic institution, and people's skills ought to fit within that intellectual mission. If a student talented enough to come here happens to be an athlete also, fine. But athletes without scholarly abilities add nothing to Harvard's intellectual community and deny a coveted space in the student body to someone who could make better...
...night before his top-ranked Fighting Irish were going to play the second-ranked University of Southern California, Holtz told his squad that he was going to suspend two of its best skill-players, tailback Tony Brooks and flanker Ricky Watters...
Scientists have long known that changes in a woman's hormone levels during her menstrual cycle can affect her mood. Now a controversial new study, presented last week at a Toronto meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, suggests that a woman's skill at performing some everyday tasks could be influenced by the time of the month...
...That may not be a world record, but it is impressive enough for someone who was born with spina bifida, is paralyzed from the waist down and races in a wheelchair. Ski Racing magazine named Diana Golden, 25, the U.S. Alpine Skier of 1988 for her unusual skill and courage. Golden, who at age twelve lost a leg to cancer, schusses down slopes on a single...