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Around the world, heads turned toward the sovereign nation in its infancy—especially Harvard’s. Earlier that spring, Harvard was one of about 20 American colleges to lay the groundwork for the Nigerian-American Scholarship Program, a year-long pilot project that provided four-year scholarships to two dozen Nigerian students who enrolled in universities across...
...goal entering the national championships is always to win,” Powers said. “We have been training with Boston College, who is ranked No. 1 in the nation, over the past week, so we feel if both our A- and B-division boats sail well, we can compete with anyone...
Election season was in full swing, and students at Harvard and across the nation were passionately supporting a youthful candidate for president who spoke to them with eloquence and charisma, and who even carried a Harvard degree. Cambridge hosted heated debates, partisan speakers, and plenty of student volunteers distributing leaflets and voter registration information. Issues ranging from the candidates’ stances on national security to levels of political experience were discussed in classrooms and common rooms across campus...
According to Mendelsohn, “the second and most compelling” argument for a test ban was that nuclear testing increased tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, which was also testing nuclear weapons at the time. Mendelsohn said each nation would respond to the other’s tests by trying to do something “bigger or better...
...Crimson started out the year with a bang, placing seventh out of 18 teams at Golf Week’s Conference Challenge in mid-September. Its performance among some of the top teams in the nation earned it votes in the Golf World/NGCA Division I Coaches’ Poll—a first in the history of Harvard women’s golf...