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...like NPR, PBS and CSPAN - as well as journalism organizations like The Center for Public Integrity and the Center for Investigative Reporting have been doing for decades. But with most of Pro Publica's assets the product of the Sandlers' largesse, it leaves the group open to speculation, as Slate media columnist Jack Shafer pointed out, that the Sandlers political views could influence coverage: the couple have donated heavily to the Democratic Party and the progressive activism group MoveOn.org. "The perennial problem of nonprofit journalism is the appearance of undue influence," says Christa Scharfenberg, associate director at the Center...
...untrained eye might have assumed that it was Tim Murphy, not Yale’s Jack Siedlecki, who was on the verge of an undefeated season at the Yale Bowl on Nov. 17. Murphy’s steady hand had guided Harvard through the Ivy League slate unbeaten, setting up a showdown with Yale for the Ivy title with the Bulldogs’ unbeaten season on the line...
...Chestnut Hill. “Those three games really stick out to me,” Leone said. “They were all very exciting, and helped us gain confidence as we moved through the rest of the year.”As Harvard’s Ivy slate began, the intensity increased—and the young Crimson was forced to grow up quickly. Entering league play with a four-game winning streak, Harvard emerged on the losing end of a 2-1 overtime decision in front of a rowdy crowd under the lights in New Haven...
...Harvard put up impressive fights against top-flight teams such as then-No. 1 Virginia, then-No. 13 Pepperdine, then-No. 8 Michigan, and especially against then-No. 17 Texas Tech in the Crimson’s first NCAA tournament in four years. The squad’s grueling slate before Ivy League play began certainly left Harvard prepared to face its less challenging conference opponents. Although the schedule gave the Crimson a taste of the NCAA’s best in 2008, it remains to be seen whether Harvard can repeat this year’s performance next season...
...These rousing displays of fortitude , however, don't necessarily suggest a positive message for women. Clinton's vow, in particular, moved Slate writer Dahlia Lithwick to ask what it means if feminism is "the inability to concede error or defeat - even in light of irrefutable, empirical evidence and in the face of spiraling support and tanking morale...