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...like colleges and universities… [to enhance] autonomy while shielding them from the economic forces that are now tearing them down.” This is incredibly foolish, not to mention expensive: The last thing we need populating the news business is hundreds of lumbering, immortal white elephants sucking the talent out of the business of economically reporting news. Most damagingly, newspaper bailouts, endowments, and other artificial life support would crowd out human capital from being invested efficiently in modern journalism. It is time to come to grips with the death of the newspaper and educate ourselves in distilling...
...season opener for the Radcliffe lightweight crew team, the Black and White managed to prevail in two out of three races against Holy Cross and Smith College at Lake Quinsigamond yesterday. “It was really great to get a first race under our belt as we prepare for Georgetown next week,” captain Rebekah Kharrazi said. “Today, we raced heavyweight teams that are actually not in our league, so next week is the real beginning, because we are racing teams in our own league.” The Varsity Eight and Novice Eight...
...should be a part of every boardroom, whether at the biggest companies in the world or the smallest non-profits in the world,” she said. “The idea is having a great social impact.” —Staff writer William N. White can be reached at wwhite@fas.harvard.edu...
...Harvard swimmers donned their crimson and white this past weekend to represent themselves and their team at the 2009 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. Senior butterfly standout Bill Jones returned to NCAAs for the second straight year, while junior distance go-to man Alex Meyer made his first appearance at the championships. Jones raced in the two events that have set him apart from the competition this past season—his signature 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly. Jones placed 28th in the 100-yard butterfly, touching the wall...
...traders say, was partly triggered by cautious comments from Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis and JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who both noted that March was proving to be a more difficult month than either January or February. As Dimon told Bloomberg TV while standing outside the White House after a group of bankers met with President Obama, "This downturn - it's pretty powerful stuff...