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...Upon asking several Harvard and Yale students various questions, most of them were revealed to be—according to whomever edited the footage—“geeks,” embellished with stringent red frames. Find out why Fox Sports thinks you're a geek, after the jump...
...Though only a fraction of Muslims are capable of making the pilgrimage, the huge crowds of worshipers that descend upon Mecca every year continually test the site's ability to accommodate their number. The Saudi Arabian government has spent billions to expand and improve the structure of the site, erecting tents to accommodate pilgrims and building multi-level pathways to eliminate congestion. Overcrowding and occasional stampedes have led to the deaths by trampling of thousands of worshippers over the years; most notably the 1990 incident where 1,426 people were crushed inside a tunnel connecting the Holy sites. While there...
...impropriety in the election process, citing "access to the UC's vote database" by Eric N. Hysen '11. To clarify, the e-mail stated that Hysen "might still have access" to the software and added that former Vice-President Randall Sarafa passed down all the UC passwords to Hysen upon his graduation...
...case that the wealthier institutions among us should be taking less risk—not more risk—because they’re less able to manage the volatility in their investment returns given their dependence upon those returns in their operating budgets,” said Bacow, a graduate of Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School, in the interview...
...look upon our relationship with the United States in the wider prospect. India is a country of great potential, and also in the same way we feel that our relationship with the United States does not have to be a hyphenated relationship between India and Pakistan." - Answering a question on how U.S.-Pakistan relations affect India's relationship with the U.S. (Charlie Rose, Sept...