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...most college students, the formerly dreaded SAT has become nothing more than an irrelevant number from the past. But for Jason Y. Shah ’11, the plight of SAT prep for high school students is the basis of his enterprise, INeedAPencil.com. Unlike more famous companies such as Kaplan and Princeton Review, which often charge several hundred dollars for a preparatory course, is geared toward low-income and underprivileged students.“WRITING” THE PROGRAMShah says he was inspired to start the project in fall 2006 as a junior in high school. While helping some sixth...
...spirit of springtime renewal, a Harvard student group recently got a facelift. Harvard Men Against Rape re-launched itself last month as MenSpeakUp.org, a media campaign seeking to raise awareness about gender-inequality issues. Unfortunately, far from being a refreshing alternative to the tired rhetoric of more established campaigns against sexual violence, MenSpeakUp is not only uninspired, but it also serves as yet another reminder of a movement that ultimately harms women more than it helps them...
...partial share in a decaying building. Under the current proposal, the building’s top two floors would remain inaccessible to the UC, leaving only the ground floor and basement, which requires heavy renovations to be usable. Even if the project did succeed, the potential improvements to student life to be derived from such a small space would not be significant enough to justify the incredible obstacles the UC must overcome. Especially given the restrictions that would be imposed on the UC’s use of the building—and the plans to use part...
...Power outage leaves Yard in the dark: around 8:20 p.m. Let there be light, again: 2:42 a.m. Power returned: 2008 Harvard-Yale Game Score: 10-0 Temperature at 2008 Harvard-Yale Game, in Farenheit: Really, really, really cold. Harvard real estate holdings: 4,947 acres Number of student centers: 0 centers Fall-term enrollment in Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics”: 812 students Harvard Endowment Loss: Over eight billion Length of Girl Talk’s performance: 20 minutes Number of times CEB representatives swore at the audience: A whole fucking lot. Harvard...
...after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded Saberi's release, an Iranian prosecutor told the Iranian Student News Agency that Ms. Saberi would be released from custody ''in the next few days...