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Thus, whether Harvard is falling behind its peer institutions is a tougher question when weighed against whether Harvard should also be advancing...
...century ago, Harvard was a place where muscular academics flourished. I fear, after nearly four years of observation, that today we are forced to chose between academics and athletics. Perhaps this demise is due to the recent intensification (or professionalization) of Ivy League sports. Potential Ivy athletes now face tougher athletic requirements to gain admission and upon arrival must endure longer, harder practices than in decades past. No doubt we field better teams today. But perhaps the cost is a more-specialized, less-involved athlete...
...Deutsche Bank economist Michael Lewis notes, "this looks like a fundamental structural decline." With the U.S. market overvalued, foreign investors are taking their money elsewhere. That makes it tougher for the U.S. to finance its foreign account deficit, which could reach $460 billion this year. And it makes further falls in the dollar likely. European exporters might not like it, but at least a weak dollar could keep European interest rates low. And it is better that the dollar eases to a sustainable level now rather than crashing later. If the market works like O'Neill thinks, the economic band...
...students who earn honors would increase. After all, with the influx of women and minorities who were not previously given a fair chance in the admissions process, what Harvard has done is turn out the bottom half of the white men. In the process, admission has become tougher for everyone, and it therefore seems only right that more and more students qualify for honors...
While last week’s Heptagonal championships were the end of the line for most of Harvard track, this week’s meet gave several standouts the chance to compete against tougher competition...