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...rest of the team traveled to South Bend, Ind. to play in Notre Dame’s Tom Fallon Invitational. It was a frustrating long weekend for Clayton, who, having beaten the nation’s No. 17 player in mid-September, came in with high expectations for success against his elite competition. “I had one of those days where just nothing was going right,” Clayton said of his 6-2, 6-0 loss to eventual quarterfinalist Michael Shabaz of Virginia. “Every rally felt three times as long as it usually...
...work of the volunteers helps the communities progress into cohesive units. By 2005, 80 villages were self-reliant, she said. Pathak said she hopes to increase the number to 500 by 2010. “Everybody likes our model,” she said. The project’s success even prompted a visit from former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. “Wherever he goes he always tells about the Chitrakoot project,” Pathak said. Last spring break, about 15 undergraduate members of the Harvard College in Asia Program visited self-sustaining villages...
...Across the brackets, sophomore Samantha Rosekrans bounced back from an early loss to win the consolation round of her bracket with back-to-back wins. Freshman Holly Cao won her first match in three sets, although she, too, would later succumb to injury. In the doubles, Harvard enjoyed mixed success. Freshman Caroline Davis and Peterzan lost their first two matches, although the duo rebounded with an 8-3 win against Colombia. Freshman Samantha Gridley and Rosekrans also recorded victories. With an experimental doubles lineup, however, the Crimson took some time to adjust. “It was a bit tricky...
...show that being gay, being queer doesn’t have to impact your life in a negative manner,” Chan said. “In high school I had a tough time because I couldn’t see anyone that was gay, and happy, and successful. It wasn’t until I was 17 in Montreal that I saw people who were gay, in committed relationships, and very happy in their lives. Gay and happy can come together.” While the co-chairs of BGLSTA said that the weekend’s activities...
...offering its teachers base salaries of $125,000, the school hopes to bring the best and brightest educators into its classrooms—a logical response to the large body of empirical research that suggests that teacher quality is one of the most important factors in students’ success. Whether or not this bold experiment in education will prove successful remains to be seen. But regardless of the outcome, The Equity Project—the brainchild of recent Yale graduate Zeke M. Vanderhoek—represents a sharp rebuke to the culture of complaisance and mediocrity that has paralyzed...