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With the administration ignoring the protesters' demands for negotiations, the stand-off appears as if it might drag on indefinitely. University administrators have been meeting daily, in person and over the phone and e-mail to discuss the developing situation and weigh possible options. For now, Harvard police chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley and Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71 have been left with day-to-day control of the situation...
...some large institutions, because of the sheer volume of applicants, have little choice but to rely heavily on SAT scores. But universities that have the resources to evaluate each application more closely—such as Harvard, other Ivy League schools and small liberal-arts colleges—should weigh individuals’ grades, recommendations, extracurricular activities and essays far more than their SAT scores. When they do consider SAT scores, these schools should take the socioeconomic context of applicants into account...
...egomania by adding a 35-acre platform--"the greatest ever heard of," writes Josephus--on which the Temple could sit. The Western Wall where Jews pray today is a small slice of the platform's 16-ft.-thick western side. Some of the stones are 30 ft. long and weigh up to 50 tons. ("Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!" exclaims a disciple in the Gospel of Mark.) As Herod built out over the adjacent valleys, the outline of the mountain on which the compound sat gradually disappeared. The great stone featured in the Dome...
...however, a newly inaugurated President Bush slammed on the brakes. It was important, the Bush White House said, for Tommy Thompson, the new head of Health and Human Services, to have time to look over the regulations. And, Bush added, a delay would also allow the American people to weigh in on the new rules. Skeptics assumed Bush was holding off to allow insurance industry bigwigs to pitch hard against the regulations...
...Harvard Provost Harvey V. Fineberg ’67 said the University will have to weigh its options carefully before deciding whether to follow MIT’s course of action...