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...much harder to explain my regard for Bug. I mean, eclectic as I pretend to be, I don't much care for horror movies, especially the currently endemic teen-slasher variety. But I saw William Friedkin's movie many months ago and it has haunted me ever since. For reasons best known to the addled-geniuses of movie marketing, it's being thrown against the Pirates of the Caribbean juggernaut next weekend, which probably is a result of a lot of people going "yetch" when they saw it. I understand that response. Who wants to see a movie shot almost...
...erstwhile Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences William C. Kirby reminded freshmen in 2002, “You are here to work, and your business here is to learn.” Harvard students who, by participating in such political fiascoes, neglect their academic responsibilities—which surely entails proper nutrition—do not act selflessly; they act stupidly. All charity begins at home: You cannot solve the world’s problems if you cannot even attend to your own obligations...
...percentage terms, this year’s 79.2 percent admissions yield matches up with last year’s figure of 79.8 percent, continuing to hover near 80 percent as it has for the past few years, according to Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons...
...Economic barriers can limit the pool of candidates who are able to achieve excellence in sports,” Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 and Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 write in a joint e-mail. “For example, the cost of equipment, special lessons and instruction, and access to regional and national traveling teams during the school year and the summer can be quite daunting...
...book “The Game of Life,” widely considered to be the seminal study of college sports, former Princeton University president William G. Bowen and James L. Shulman observe an interesting dynamic. While minorities in the general Ivy admissions pool benefit from a so-called “mosaic” approach that values racial background, without any regulations on scores required—in so many words, affirmative action—the formulaic principles of athletics recruiting do not have the same degree of consideration...