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...played, the ECAC conference tournament is already in mind for teams and coaches in the 12 team league. “With the way our league is and how teams flip-flop from game to game we still need to have a great last six games and finish strong,” Union coach Nate Leaman said...
...China adopted the American system, the argument went, not only would there be huge logistical problems, but it would also be practically impossible to prevent corruption. This makes sense. However, I would argue that logistical and fairness problems alone cannot explain the difference. If there really were a strong will, educators would surely be able to come up with innovative ways of tweaking the system so that it is not wholly dependent upon test results...
...texts and were ready to take the Imperial Examinations—which were first instituted in 605 CE—to become a member of the Chinese bureaucracy. It wasn’t about doing community service, learning leadership skills, or building social networks. This tradition was so strong that even Mao could not dismantle it: although Confucius was denounced and the Gaokao suspended for ten years during the Cultural Revolution, the ancient educational philosophy focusing on the teaching of knowledge never really went away...
...Princeton has a very strong distance program,” Lee said. “It will be where we need to step up the most. I have full confidence in the sprints and jumps and I think the deciding factor will be the distance races...
...We’re really looking to take down Yale,” Grinstead said. “We were able to beat Yale at Heps [Heptagonal Championships] last year. We’ve beaten Yale and like that feeling, and we have a strong chance against Princeton...