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...This year was a complete 180-degree turnaround. We decided from Day 1 that we were going to turn things around this year.”Upon reaching the final heats, both first varsity boats faced stiff competition.The heavyweights found themselves in a fierce three-way battle with Wisconsin and Brown. While Harvard outpaced the Badgers by almost two seconds, its 5:42.625 finish was not enough to gain an edge over the Bears. Brown’s first boat gave its Crimson counterpart trouble in the crews’ first meeting of the season, finishing just a second behind...
...Over the past week, several colleges across the country have scrapped plans to send students to Mexico. The University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire announced it would nix a six-week summer program scheduled to start in Mexico on May 26, giving the 23 enrolled students a chance to visit Costa Rica instead; Boston's Suffolk University canceled a program slated to start in June. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the University of Minnesota announced it was encouraging its 21 students currently studying in Mexico to return...
...that the school provided "an uncommon education for the common man." But many are starting to wonder if that mission is still possible. And Michigan is not the only public university in crisis. As states across the country face budget shortfalls, leading schools like the universities of Wisconsin, North Carolina and Virginia increasingly depend on support from outside their home states, either in the form of philanthropy or in top tuition rates paid by a growing number of wealthy out-of-state students. The result has already been a quasi-privatization of some of the nation's top research institutions...
...this is a challenging task, encouraging trends have emerged in recent years. Just one day after Obama’s speech, the governors of eight Midwestern states sent the president a letter urging him to support a new proposed plan that would connect Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Madison, Wisconsin with a network of fast passenger trains. And, while, Amtrak’s trans-continental lines may be the object of ridicule, ridership on the Acela line has grown rapidly as fuel prices have made air and car travel less attractive to business commuters. We hope that new plans...
...national competition early in the season. While the No. 10 heavyweight crew battled difficult conditions against No. 7 Princeton, Cornell, and Bucknell for the Class of 1975 Cup, the No. 4 lightweight team advanced to the Grand Finals of the Knecht Cup only to finish behind the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers.With the Class of 1975 Cup on the line, the heavyweights took to New Jersey looking for a win, but Princeton showcased its signature speed and swept both varsity eight races.Despite managing to keep close with the Tigers, the Black and White’s varsity eight came up nearly...