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Congratulations to the Harvard Office of Admissions. Not only for considering the dubious academic and extra-curricular qualifications of the Editorial Board and choosing us to fulfil Harvard’s “untalented student” quota, but also for their exciting decision announced yesterday to send out some early admissions decisions by e-mail. Anxious high school seniors will no longer have to endure those anxious December days (perhaps as many as three of them) waiting for their “snail” mail to arrive. Heck, think of the high-speed gloating which...
...single moment of sleep without feeling like you were being hurt all over again? I thought UHS might be better. I sat there all night waiting for someone to talk to. And then she came and told me that I had experienced a trauma and that the extra-strength-for-trauma sleeping pills would make it better. I must admit that sleeping for a change was nice. But I couldn’t help thinking that amnesia would be better...
...online may only eliminate the two or three day “snail mail” waiting period, not the months of anxiety; nonetheless, those days will provide applicants with several important opportunities. Some early applicants wait for a decision before applying in the regular admissions process. The two extra days will give these students extra time to fill out those applications. It will also give other students a head start on their matriculation decisions, and the ability to make travel arrangements to visit schools further in advance...
...Airport security personnel who were federal employees would undergo a universal screening process and would be expected to work as highly trained professionals. Having higher-paid federal workers instead of outsourced personnel will attract more qualified individuals to guard our airports, and we would rather pay the extra cost than have the safety of all Americans protected by the lowest bidder...
...then, in what amounted to winning the lottery twice, the Yankees managed to overcome two-run, two-out ninth inning deficits twice, as Tino Martinez and Scott Brosius both hit game-tying homers off D-Backs closer Byung-Hyun Kim. Although both games went into extra innings, there was little doubt that the Yankees would come out on top of both matches, and they...