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...fuel aid. Vogel noted that in light of the recent agreement, yesterday’s discussion was “much more relevant” than originally anticipated. Last night’s event was organized by the Harvard College in Asia Project as a part of a week-long conference for international student delegates from six different countries. “I welcome this agreement wholeheartedly, but I’m personally pessimistic,” said Vikram Parsani, a delegate on the panel from the National University of Singapore. “It seems here that...
...training camp on March 21, wrapping up on April 1 with the second of two scrimmages against Sweden, the country that knocked the U.S. from gold-medal contention with a stunning upset in the semifinal round last February in Turin, Italy. Then it’s on to the week-long IIHF World Championship in the Winnipeg area, where the Americans hope to defend their first-ever world title, earned when they outlasted Canada in a shootout in 2005. Before that, the Stars and Stripes had claimed eight straight silvers at worlds. “I want to remind...
...Harvard women’s soccer team and 2006 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, has been invited to participate in the first training camp for the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team. Camp began Sunday in Carson, Calif., and will run through Feb. 11. This week-long session serves as training for the team’s two upcoming matches against the Mexican National Team between Feb. 18-23. Over the next year, U-20 coach Jill Ellis will narrow this group of 30 down to a smaller squad that will represent...
McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68 wrapped up a week-long speaking tour at Chinese universities last weekend, stressing the value of a liberal arts education. Lewis, a former dean of Harvard College, said that his primary interest in the talks at Hong Kong and Shanghai universities was to stimulate conversation. “I was not proselytizing for liberal education,” he said, adding that he was not adequately informed about the goals of China’s educational system to offer formal advice. “It would be presumptuous...
...week-long swing through the Middle East and Europe, Rice said that she sees an opening for peace between Israel and the Palestinians that has not existed for years, noting that recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signaled that "they're circling each other. And the question is, is this therefore a time to accelerate work on the roadmap, accelerate it in a way that doesn't just focus on today's issues- movement and security, movement and access-as important as those are, but starts to understand what the political horizon might...