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...rejected applicants were full-time college students balancing full academic and extra-curricular lives while going through the college application process a second time. Although the Admissions Office’s letter to the applicants recognizes this concern (and they plan to refund the application fee) it was in poor form to announce this decision after the application deadline. The reason for eliminating transfer admissions—a housing crunch—certainly did not appear out of thin air. The act of eliminating transfer admissions undermines the Harvard admissions philosophy. Had Harvard read the current applications and decided that...
...senior Elyse Dolbec said. “It was really great to see him step up and do well.”The Crimson’s A-division pair of senior skipper Kyle Kovacs and crew Elyse Dolbec sailed to a third-place finish, but a few poor finishes offset the team’s five race victories.“Our boat specifically had some races that were disappointing,” Dolbec said. “We had a lot of unforced errors and double-digit finishes which prevented us from winning the division...
...team sailed at the Southern New England Team Race in New London, Conn. After a poor showing on the first day landed the Crimson in the consolation fleet, the squad rallied for a second-place finish in the consolation round for 12th overall...
...everyone is yapping about how Boston could be a dynasty. Or how the Yanks will fare with a new manager, Joe Girardi, and a new boss, George Steinbrenner's son, Hank, a meddler who may manage to bring back the dysfunctional feel of the old Bronx Zoo. And those poor Mets - will their new ace, Johan Santana, help them rebound from last season's historic collapse? Not to mention all the New York players caught up in the steroid morass, in particular Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and now A-Rod - whom Jose Canseco said he introduced to a steroid supplier...
...himself ensnared in the Keating Five scandal. He had met with federal regulators on behalf of banker Charles Keating Jr., a wealthy fund raiser and friend who had flown the McCain family on private jets to vacations in the Bahamas. A Senate ethics panel found that McCain had exercised "poor judgment" but had broken no rules. The honor-bound Senator was nonetheless rattled. "Appearance in politics," McCain said years later, "is reality...