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...even throughout,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91. “But we put them on the power play, and they’re tough to stop.” While the Crimson managed to remain competitive, the Terriers, which have converted 23.8 percent of power plays and are 89 percent on the penalty kill, came through on special teams to secure the win. “Our power play won it for us,” BU coach Jack Parker said. Harvard gave the Terriers three man-advantage opportunities in the first period...
Currently, BC offers on-campus housing for roughly 85 percent of its student body...
When two students raised concerns about possible lay-offs of Harvard employees, Faust—who wrote in a November letter to the University that “changing financial realities will require us to look carefully at compensation costs”—emphasized that 50 percent of Harvard’s budget goes to cover payroll costs...
...greatest threat to environmentalists right now may be not insecticides or intransigent oil companies, but indifference. According to a recent Pew Center poll, 15 percent fewer voters deemed “protecting the environment” a top priority than in 2006. Such general apathy frustrates and puzzles adherents of the green movement—all indicators, after all, point to nothing less than impending doom. They thrust forth pamphlets full of statistics (bright red), CO2 graphs (alarmingly inclined), and before-and-after images of Arctic ice caps (now you see ’em, now you don?...
While HMC pays top managers large bonuses, in the long term those officials more than justify their compensations by generating impressive endowment returns. Between 1995 and 2005, for instance, Harvard’s endowment garnered an annualized return of no less than 15.9 percent, which amounts to much more than the sum total of officials’ compensation packages. It is also worthwhile to note that Harvard manages its endowment in-house, so HMC officials appear only on the surface to make much more than money managers at peer institutions. In reality, other schools may pay far more in management...