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It’s a clash of titans. It’s a feud that’s raged on for almost a hundred years. It’s been described as the second biggest competition of the year (behind Heptagonals). It’s the Harvard-Yale track and field meet, and this weekend, the women bested the Bulldogs 96-63, while the men fell 112-50 in New Haven.“In general, this meet went exactly as I thought it’d go,” Crimson coach Jason Saretsky said...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Women Drop Yale in Dual Meet | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...They surged past the rounded bales of hay. The dusty land roiled beneath the horses’ hooves; The Stable Boy left a white and turbid wake. The envious billows of reeds swelled to whelm Felicity’s track...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 4/20/2008 | See Source »

...showed that while white males graduated at the same rate of 84 percent as the state, black males in the district graduated at a higher rate—91 percent—which is 32 points higher than 59 percent for the state. Simmons said that the district should track students’ success after high school before lauding the graduation rate. Additionally, the tendency to evaluate progress by scores and to “teach to the test” is a concern of parents who consider leaving the public school system. “I feel the teachers...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Minding the Achievement Gap | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

...application. “In the short run this is really a bad problem,” said Mun Ho, a fellow at the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences. He reminded the audience that the benefits of reducing pollution far outweigh the costs. China’s air pollution track record has come under scrutiny recently in the months leading up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. The government has committed to cleaning the city’s air in time for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, though the speakers said they felt such short-term solutions fall short...

Author: By Anthony C. Speare, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scholars Discuss China's Air | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

...moodiness and memorable acoustic motifs that Lou Reed and company made memorable. With titles like “Just Like Kicking Jesus” and “Auto-Matic-Faggot for the People,” the group maintains their tradition of rock-star irreverence. The first track, “Bring Me The Head of Paul McCartney on Heather Mill’s Wooden Peg (Dropping Bombs on the White House),” invites the listener into a dream world of primal beats and melodic repeating motifs. This atmosphere ensnares the listener for much of the record...

Author: By Meredith S. Steuer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Brian Jonestown Massacre | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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