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...meters, junior Graham Infinger’s 6.59-meter jump and freshman Jacques Barjon’s 6.52-meter jump earned the two sixth and ninth place finishes, respectively.Junior Jack Brady’s 14.71-meter toss in the shot put earned him seventh in the event. In the weight throw competition, the Crimson boasted four top-10 performances as men’s co-captain Neville Irani threw a fifth-place 15.69 meters, Brady a sixth-place 15.68 meters, sophomore Ablorde Ashigbi an eigth-place 14.96 meters, and classmate Eric Clayman a ninth-place 14.54 meters...
...informational cascade, and the effects of social interaction on individual diversity in beliefs. “There is an informational cascade,” Sunstein said. “What happens is that people observe the previous signals of people who believe or do something, and once the weight of the previous acts reaches a certain level, the people disregard their own private information.” Within groups, Sunstein highlighted a set of behaviors people engage in that cause “the convergence of views and the penchant for extremism.” He cited a study that...
...next logical step is to educate the doctors who care for the mentally ill. This month, the agency will release guidelines for standardizing the medical tests, assessments and care given to mental-health patients in the public system. The recommendations include taking regular measurements of patients' height and weight, checking their glucose levels and carefully evaluating their medication history. Psychiatrists, likewise, are not exempt. According to Mental Heath America, based in Virginia, a recent survey of people with schizophrenia revealed that they rarely discussed physical health with their psychiatrists. So the organization is working on an initiative with the American...
...Chemical Company invested in efficiency rather than buy more fuel, it ended up with a $3.3 billion profit. From a consumer’s perspective, Lovins stressed efficiency over fuel consumption by addressing wasteful engineering in vehicles. “One hundred times the vehicle’s weight in ancient plants is very inefficiently converted to oil,” said Lovins, who attended Harvard for two years in the mid-1960s. “Seven eighths of that never gets to the wheels—it is lost in the engine idling. And only the last six percent...
...spare no one, and rightfully so. There is no question that this will diminish our quality of life and dim students’ prospects in the near future. But that is what a recession does. We cannot expect others to pay the penultimate price without shouldering part of the weight ourselves. Some may argue that a university ultimately exists to serve its students. But, through our sacrifices, students can reassure beloved dining-hall workers and library security guards of the truth: This is as much your university as it is ours.In the end, student-life cuts, though extremely lamentable, touch...