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...already used extensively by high schools and works by comparing submitted material to a vast database culled from the Internet, previously submitted student work, and periodicals and journals, to determine if the author has cheated. If the program works well, it is a long-needed remedy to the current luck-of-the-draw system in which getting caught for or accused of plagiarism depends largely on the reading breadth and vigilance of a Teaching Fellow (TF); even a single TF can apply different standards amongst his or her students. While some have argued that the use of TurnItIn.com will erode...
...with a $3,500 stipend, housing, and an internship in New York this summer. Cora E. Yamamoto ’75, the Washington, D.C. area coordinator for CPIC, said that when she was an undergraduate at the College, students who were interested in public service careers were out of luck. “There was no special interest network. You had to really look for these jobs on your own,” she said. Today, students like Frankie Chen ’07 can get their feet wet working for the government or non-profits. Chen, who interned...
We’re past luck. The next two weeks are essentially the Ivy League playoffs, and in a postseason atmosphere, luck is out the window and balance...
...list of things that the young tend to prefer. According to psychologists at Harvard and Stanford, children between the ages of five and seven demonstrate a predilection for people who have seen their lives graced with good fortune as compared to those who have suffered from poor luck. Furthermore, this tendency is not limited to individuals, but rather, is applied to larger groups encompassing those individuals. This research may shed light on the origins of social prejudices. “Children prefer the lucky to the unlucky,” said Kristina R. Olson, a Harvard graduate student in psychology...
...last time presumptive Pentagon boss Robert M. Gates faced Senate confirmation - for CIA director in 1991- he put a small good-luck charm in his pocket. It was a smooth, white oblong stone he'd picked up while hiking in Washington State's Olympic Range. Gates put it in his pocket to remind him during the tough confirmation hearings that there was life after Washington if his nomination went down to defeat...