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...Linda Ge ’11, who was a unit test grader this year and will be a supervisor in the program next year, said she supported the changes being implemented, since grader variability has been an issue in the past. “Some graders are willing to put in more effort, but others will just rush through,” Ge said. “Hopefully, hiring fewer workers will make sure that the graders are more willing to work hard.” Because each grader will be expected to work more nights, the number of students...
...town, there will always be people clamoring for admission. Buying formal tickets simply to sell them, however, is a cynical money-making enterprise, a watering down of house spirit, and a disincentive to actually attend the event. Expectations are set unrealistically high when a hefty sum is put down for a ticket, with people sourly wondering, “I paid $90 for this...
...offers and flashing-light e-mails for tickets to buy. Open markets: great. Free country: fantastic. But if people are not able or do not want to go to their formal, then they should be given their dues back, rather than make a profit, because the House Committee has put a lot of time into creating a great event. Those tickets that aren’t taken can be put up in a raffle or lottery like any other high-demand event, with profits going to the House for future events...
...great to see him move to the next level.” Junior and next year’s co-captain Jack Brady also competed in the event, tossing the hammer 50.05 meters—good for 37th. Brady also competed in the discus and shot put, where he threw a 10th-place 48.49 meters and 24th-place 14.95 meters respectively. Sophomore Claire Richardson, whose focus this season has primarily been on the 5K, competed in the 1500-meter run. Her time of 4:28.35 was just shy of qualifying her for her second event at NCAAs...
...Indeed, as a new space race heats up - with China and India joining the U.S., Europe and Russia in the quest to be the first to build a moon base or put a man on Mars - Russia's government has done more than just revamp its space museum. In 2007, it founded Rosnanotekh, the Russian Nanotechnology Corporation; last year, the government announced tentative plans to abandon its current space base in Kazakhstan and build a new one in the Russian far east; and in March, it launched an effort to design a new moon rocket. (See pictures of animals...