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There never seems to be a shortage of horror stories about children neglected or abused by their parents. Earlier this year, within a span of just three weeks, Nixzmary Brown, 7, and Quachon Brown, 4 (the two were not related), died allegedly at the hands of their parents in New York City. In February a North Carolina woman was charged with murdering her 4-year-old adopted son; investigators say she routinely beat her kids with a plastic pipe. In most states, social workers called in to deal with abusive situations face the choice of leaving a child...
...posted a fierce offensive drive. “We weren’t able to keep the ball down on offense,” Martin said. “Every time we did, we would lose it. Columbia had the momentum.” In a span of 14 minutes and 21 seconds, Columbia found the net on eight separate occasions, bringing the Lions a single goal away from overtime. Junior Katie Warner almost provided the tying tally in the final seconds of the game. Warner’s shot narrowly missed as it sailed far left of the goal...
Harvard is an amazing place to be a student athlete—just ask any student who makes the sacrifices necessary to wear a jersey, singlet, unisuit, or jacket with “Harvard” stiched on it. But the separation between athletics and academics need not span the Charles. As University Hall reexamines its core curriculum and social programming, it ought to more clearly understand the athletic lifestyle and the ever-changing needs of student-athletes as well...
Finding a Voice For Athletes By NATHAN T. PICARSIC and JOHN F. VOITH III Friday, April 21, 2006 2:07 AM The separation between athletics and academics need not span the Charles...
...when Bancroft added her second goal with 2:17 to play. Sophomore attacker Tara Schoen pulled the Crimson to within four with 53 seconds remaining off a pass from junior Margaret Yellot. But the Big Green onslaught would not let up, as Dartmouth added two more goals in a span of eight seconds in the game’s final minute to round out the scoring. “We have a problem that we play 30 minutes,” Martin said. “We can’t play that whole 60 minutes...