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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...smoking and eating pizza on Friday night,” another cadet shouts at him, attempting to spur his comrade’s performance. Relief comes a second later, as Chaney calls time and the cadet, spluttering, lurches to a stop...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Discipline, The ROTC Way | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...classroom and into buildings,” he says. “I know several students who have come back from these trips and declared a major in Art History. These excursions can be life-changing experiences.”And maybe these excursions in the HAA department will spur other departments, who can likewise gain from cultures abroad, into designing similar curriculums for their students. For now, though, History of Art and Architecture seems to be the concentration to choose...

Author: By Sarah B. Schechter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Up Close & Educational | 3/12/2008 | See Source »

Hannah Poling is now a third grader in public school, working one-on-one with teachers in a special-ed classroom. She continues to struggle with the effects of autism and also has seizures. Her parents are hoping her case will spur additional research into the causes of autism, including the roles of vaccines and mitochondrial disorders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Case Study: Autism and Vaccines | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...stop closer to campus because we wouldn’t have to take the red line all the way to Park Street,” said Lauren N. Go, a sophomore. In addition to improving convenience, Flitcher said, “The extension will offer significant air quality benefits, spur economic development, and increase property values.” Harvard students, mostly unaware of the proposed changes, won’t reap much benefit from the extension. “It’s going to take just as much time to get there because we would have...

Author: By Athena L. Katsampes, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MBTA Proposes Service To Tufts | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...Garth O. McCavana, the GSAS associate dean for student affairs, called the 80-page report “very well-prepared” and a “good spur to us to push [parental policies] forward,” while cautioning that a better deal for student parents might have to wait on University officials...

Author: By Christian B. Flow and Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: For GSAS Parents, a Baby Balancing Act | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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