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...every ability you have, from the smallest to the largest, to do what you can,” Haven said, rousing the roughly 80 persons in attendance to a prolonged bout of applause...
...more important, is the importance of perspective as Harvard revamps its own basketball image. Reactions on campus last year to the New York Times coverage of Amaker’s recruiting were mixed, but the bottom line is that the allegations against Amaker and his staff were the smallest of small potatoes in NCAA recruiting violations, even if they had proven to be true. Just as claims about Harvard’s “lowering of academic standards” for basketball are overblown—the Crimson’s Academic Index for men’s basketball...
Princeton may have needed to increase endowment spending as a result of its decision not to compensate for its losses by raising tuition more than usual. Although Princeton, like Harvard, has increased its tuition, the 2.9 percent hike is Princeton’s smallest in 43 years. The modest increase is intended to provide relief for families who have been hard hit by the economic downturn, according to Princeton’s Provost Christopher L. Eisgruber...
...said she finds the growing profile of social enterprise encouraging, she cautioned about the dangers of seeing the field as a separate niche. “Social enterprise and these ideas really should be a part of every boardroom, whether at the biggest companies in the world or the smallest non-profits in the world,” she said. “The idea is having a great social impact.” —Staff writer William N. White can be reached at wwhite@fas.harvard.edu...
...Appenzell, the second smallest of Switzerland's 26 cantons, known for its cheese and sturdy mountain dogs, became a nude-hiking mecca is the subject of some speculation. "It's probably because naked hikers who had been here raved about their experiences on blogs, building this area's reputation," says Veronique Kanel, a spokeswoman for Switzerland Tourism, the country's official tourist body. "We haven't heard so far of a massive influx of naked hikers to other Swiss regions, although I suspect that once in a while they also go outside of Appenzell...