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Lewis and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 both point to two books on education, The Game of Life by William G. Bowen and James L. Shulman and Reclaiming the Game by Bowen and Sarah A. Levin ’00, to illustrate some of the more nuanced perspectives of varsity athletics on Ivy League campuses...
Lincoln wasn’t satisfied with ripping into the conclusions reached by Bowen and Shulman. He went further, questioning whether the impact that the Game of Life had on the Ivy presidents was based on the evidence presented in the work or whether it had something to do with Bowen’s position as the head of the Mellon Foundation—an organization that gives hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to Ivy institutions. Could Bowen’s influence over Ancient Eight schools have less to do with the content of his works and more...
...Jeff Shulman, president of Las Vegas-based Card Player magazine, says subscriptions have doubled to 7,500 in the past five months. He believes poker's new players have brought a more vibrant spirit to the casinos. "Now there are a lot more maniacs and they're winning much more often," he says. "These kids don't have any fear. They're willing to move the chips around and they celebrate like crazy after they win a hand...
...because the casinos are breathing down the necks of anybody who counts cards or increases their bets substantially. They're so afraid that these M.I.T. kids are going to take them down for a million dollars a day that they've made blackjack a difficult game to enjoy." Jeff Shulman, president of Las Vegas-based Card Player magazine, says subscriptions have doubled to 7,500 in the past five months. He believes poker's new players have brought a more vibrant spirit to the casinos. "Now there are a lot more maniacs and they're winning much more often...
...distilled the gathered information until no matter how you interpret it, there were irregularities people haven’t seen much the likes of,” Shulman said. “There was a lot of fact checking, and we tried to make what we said unimpeachable...