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Minutes later, a string of three-pointers, two by Blankenau and another by sophomore Jeremy Lin—who led the starters with seven points and six rebounds—pulled Harvard within 18, 67-49, with 2:31 to play...

Author: By Kevin C. Reyes, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brown Overpowers Cold Crimson | 2/11/2008 | See Source »

...very real ramifications to the rampant quantification of our academic life. The Q simply wasn’t designed to be a first stop in course selection, and it’s ridiculous to think that we can gain very much in the way of useful information from a string of highly subjective numbers or an ordering based on very fuzzy ranking. Worse, though, this focus on ratings encourages us to assume there is a measurable and identifiable route to academic happiness. There isn’t, and when we fool ourselves into thinking there is, we set ourselves...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: An Academic Color-by-Numbers | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...they had to wait. Though Bush announced the surge in January 2007, several months would pass before all 30,000 additional troops reached Iraq and took up their positions. As the troops deployed, Petraeus and Odierno mounted a string of offensive operations against al-Qaeda and insurgent strongholds all over Iraq: in Baghdad, in the belt towns and in cities deeper to the north and south. The idea was to shake the bad guys loose and then chase them down. Even with the extra troops, Odierno and Petraeus didn't have the forces to do this everywhere, but they dispersed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Surge At Year One | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...They decided they were going to do that this year. Paul would have really enjoyed this meet because it was a range of Ivy teams and teams from the region.” The women’s team was led by junior Becky Christensen, who continued her string of strong performances by tying her season-high height in winning the high jump, clearing 1.75 meters. She was joined by junior Brittan Smith, who won the long jump with a 5.76 meter leap. Smith pulled double duty on the day, finishing fifth in 60-meter dash by finishing...

Author: By Brad Hinshelwood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Track Starts Spring Action | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

...cover Caputo’s spot. “These guys know they’re in it together,” Weiss added. “They’ve worked too hard in the preseason to let it fall apart now. It’s been a string of bad luck, but we can’t worry about that. As far as this lineup goes, I’m confident in putting it out against anyone.” LEHIGH 23, HARVARD 15 The Crimson started the day against Lehigh (9-11) with a win by fall...

Author: By Tony D. Qian, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Continues to Slip | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

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