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...different tribal communities over a 12-month period, she said. While the participants’ destinations are kept secret, they will be traveling to isolated areas in places like Mexico, Sudan, and Brazil, she said.The six men will spend several weeks adapting to each community, learning about a tribal sport unique to each community, and then compete against the tribe, Griffith-Jones said. THE NATURALFor Rennell, who is president of the Harvard Ski Club and the Harvard Mountaineering Club, spending time outdoors is almost second nature. “I think that my friends know that I am passionate about...
...study from 1995 that controlled for differences in race, field of study, and SAT scores, the data shows that in the Ivy League academic setting, male high profile athletic recruits significantly underperformed compared to lower profile male recruits and female recruits. In some women’s sports, athletes even outperform their non-athletic peers academically. While there are many high profile male athletes who are as smart and qualified as their non-athlete peers, you can get away with being grossly under qualified for college if you play a high profile sport...
...Presidents should adopt a “letter of Ivy intent” with a common date. By placing the emphasis on the word Ivy, the inherent message would be clear and forceful: athletes who signed it would be intent on pursuing an excellent education while playing their sport for passion, not for a scholarship. By instituting an Ivy signing date, players would be free to visit several schools and collect offers before making a final decision. This would reduce the pressure on athletes to make a quid pro quo verbal commitment to a coach, alleviate the amount of lying...
...sport that has historically distanced itself from the NCAA label did so again this month, when the NCAA Management Council voted down legislation proposed by the Pac-10 to make men’s rowing an NCAA sport with an NCAA Championship...
...said in a January article on the team website, “If there is going to be a spoiler [to the proposal] it will be the ECAC, which currently controls men’s rowing nationally. I doubt it is about to willingly loosen its grip on the sport...