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Soto's work with Chicago's starting-pitching staff is even more impressive than his swing. It's hard enough for any catcher to play both tactician and psychologist for a pitcher. Being a rookie compounds the difficulty of the task. But Soto, 25, doesn't shy away from his elders, and he's won the pitchers over. "This is the same game I've been playing since I was 5," says Soto. "Nobody is going to come in and tell me what's going on. I've always kind of taken charge. I want to have that power...
...suit. That's part of why I think I'm a diver. You are, in a way, going into inner space. You're standing on the deck of the boat, ready to go down. There's hundreds of different people dressed in different colored uniforms, each with an important task, working so that six people can go down in two MIR submersibles. As you're climbing up the ladder into the MIR, everyone is on the deck and there's a hush. And you're in your suit with an American flag on your shoulder, and you know, my heart...
...think politics really shouldn’t have too much of a place in [the Olympics]. It’s where we put our differences aside and compete in a fashion of sport. I try and stay away from that stuff as an athlete and focus on the task at hand, because it’s overwhelming to deal with more than your preparation. That being said, if there were people that boycotted, and they felt strongly about that, I’m sure that’s their thing...
...utmost importance. Fortunately, recent semesters have brought about increased attention to environmental issues at Harvard. Small-scale changes, such as environmentally friendly appliances and fixtures in many undergraduate houses, have accompanied a broader commitment to the environment. Not only has University President Drew G. Faust commissioned a task force to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Harvard by 30 percent by 2016, but, more recently, she also signed the Campus Sustainability Pledge, which proved a major victory for Harvard’s environmentally minded students. In a letter to the Harvard community in late September, Faust highlighted the need to seek...
Stephanie H. Kenen, a former assistant dean of Harvard College, was recently named Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education. Her primary task in this new role is to help implement the new Gen Ed program, which is set to launch next fall. Kenen shares her new position with Noel Bisson, who was also appointed to the post in August, but it is Kenen’s task to make sure that Gen Ed is fully functional by next fall. “The areas of my duties are largely the same,” said Kenen, who was previously an assistant...