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...only 15, but Kimmie Meissner is already known as the little girl with the big jump, making her a must-watch at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, early next year. The Maryland teen, who started ballet at age 4 and danced in The Nutcracker before following her hockey-loving brothers onto the ice, leaped to a third-place finish at the U.S. national championships last year by landing a spectacular--and clean--triple Axel, the most difficult jump for women to execute. That made her only the third woman in the world (after Japan's Midori...
...than dining-hall cocoa to stave off a case of the shivers. As cold weather becomes more common at Harvard, so does the common cold—and students from the Community Health Initiative (CHI) are already on the defensive. CHI representatives will be giving out “Winter Season Survival Kits” in dining halls today and tomorrow during lunch and dinner, in hope of staving off what they say is one of the top five reasons for weak academic performance. “Colds and flus tend to rank in the top five impediments to academic...
...what will the coming years, with the Winter Olympics in Turin in February, and then the entire future of women’s hockey to consider, bring...
...this peculiar concept—“mid-terms” administered at points well beyond the halfway mark of the semester—since, after all, bizarre testing procedures are par for the course here at Harvard. But even alongside atypical practices such as holding finals after winter break, the “second midterm” concept is a deeply frustrating one for students across the campus. While we all appreciate the opportunity to redeem ourselves (should things not go so well on the first midterm), we’d also appreciate the opportunity to lead normal...
...environmental impact. Signers of the pledge must commit to following at least three of the initiative’s recommendations. Signers can fulfill the pledge by making sure their computer is set for “sleep mode,” turning their thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer, or turning off electrical appliances when not in use. They can also fulfill the pledge by making double-sided photocopies, taking the T or bicycling to work once a week, or buying “environmentally preferred products,” such as recycled paper. Signers...