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...like their coach, the players aren’t shying away from the challenge.“We know these teams are going to be some of the best in the country,” Douglas says. “We’re looking forward to trying to test ourselves against them, seeing how we can do and then coming back and going strong into the Ivy.”The first break on the nationwide campaign will come on March 29th, when Harvard returns to the Northeast for Ivy League clashes with Cornell and Princeton. On April...
...three-point turn, and had even conquered the dreaded parallel-park maneuver. But apparently, the State of New York Department of Motor Vehicles just wasn’t impressed.Permit in hand and Driver’s Ed certificate by my side, I made my first driver’s test appointment in White Plains.“White Plains?! They don’t pass anyone.” I ignored the wise words of my fellow driving-impaired friends, and psyched myself up for the big day.Sure, maybe they haven’t passed anyone...yet, I thought. Just...
...This was the second event of “Raps on the Gap,” a University-wide interdisciplinary discussion series sponsored by Harvard’s Achievement Gap Initiative. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) lecturer and Achievement Gap Initiative Director Ronald F. Ferguson began the panel by comparing test scores among different racial groups, noting trends associated with racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. He also emphasized that the racial achievement gap exists among all social levels. Other panelists identified ways to help combat this gap. “There is no standard way to fix it,” said...
...rush something that’s so important.” Walser lauded Fowler-Finn’s successful initiatives, such as “bench-marking” as a way to assess progress in schools. “Instead of just judging the schools from the test scores, this is more holistic and takes into account multiple measures,” she said, referring to the additional factors that include graduation rate and student discipline levels. School Committee member Patricia M. Nolan ’80, who voted against Fowler-Finn’s contract extension, said after...
...commercial was created before Sept. 11, yet conveys a subdued mood that seems appropriate for the temper of the times. Several other commercials, especially those with a satiric bent, were scrapped in the wake of the attack on America... the Spears spot has already clicked with test audiences and ties in with the current wave of nostalgia...