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AFTER BOTCHING A LANDING IN his first qualifying run at the Winter Olympics in Torino, Shaun White, a shaggy-haired, usually mellow snowboarder, nicknamed the "Flying Tomato" for his red mane, looked lost. "I got all Olympicky," he said of his nerves. He eased his mind with a few practice runs and nailed two 1080s--a 1080 is three complete rotations in the air--in the finals to earn gold...
Student complaints about the recent disappearance of the College’s airport shuttle service have sparked a broader debate over the structure and responsibilities of the Undergraduate Council. While shuttle services will not be provided in time for winter break, the debate has evolved into a principled one that looks beyond this year’s holiday rush. Recognizing that the shuttles the Undergraduate Council (UC) has provided in the past have been ineffective—shuttles were late, filled up too quickly, or did not have adequate space for luggage—council members are debating whether these...
...schedule doesn’t get any easier after that. Over the winter vacation, the Crimson will travel to the Wolverine State to participate in the Great Lakes Invitational, a prominent holiday tournament at the Detroit Red Wings’ Joe Louis Arena. Harvard will face No. 14 Michigan State on Dec. 29 before potentially taking on No. 10 Michigan in the next round...
...Gallegos ’10, who ultimately decided not to matriculate at the California university. In response to the news, another applicant, Gideon W. Wald ’10, put out a fraud alert on his credit history and said he plans to take more steps during the winter break. “There’s not much you can do but to take steps to prevent [fraud],” Wald said. According to the e-mail, the hacker exploited a software flaw and fraudulently accessed the database between October 2005 and last month. When UCLA discovered this...
...head in the past couple of years by drivers of new hybrid vehicles who complained to the EPA their vehicles were getting significantly lower mileage than their fuel-economy stickers indicated they would. Faced with a growing chorus of complaints, the EPA reacted by holding hearings last winter and collecting more than 3,000 comments from manufacturers, consumers and environmentalists. This week the EPA announced it was changing how it determines the miles-per-gallon estimates that appear on new vehicle window stickers...