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...first was the shift in the College’s academic calendar, which most notably put fall-term exams in December and lengthened the winter break to almost five weeks. One noticeable effect was a compressed academic schedule in the fall, which made Thanksgiving break as well as the shorter reading period more stressful for students. While we originally supported the calendar change on the grounds that it could reduce stress, that was evidently not its effect this year. The administration and faculty should work to adjust deadlines and workloads to better fit this new schedule, and students should...
Kagan’s youth may also have been a significant factor in Obama’s choice, as Wood, 58, and Garland, 57, might have served shorter terms as Justices...
...This weekend was not as successful as I hoped it would be,” said Black and White coach Liz O’Leary. “I thought that everybody raced hard, but we just came up a lot shorter than Yale...
...Having [the period] a little shorter than two weeks is not ideal from our perspective,” Bok said, since the IOP had originally envisioned a two-week program of political workshops and service events...
...ramps the new arugula? They're more than that. They're more valuable than arugula, because of their shorter growing season and because it takes much more skill to use them well. And they really are good, at least when cooked by the master chefs who use them so ostentatiously...