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...similar infraction against St. Lawrence one night earlier had allowed forward Charlie Johnson to stake the Crimson to a 1-0 lead, but the Saints could neither score nor muster much of a presence in the Harvard zone and managed just three shots on goal, one or two fewer than the penalty killers enjoyed...
Beyond the legal issues at stake, AmeriCorps should focus its resources on public schools to most effectively improve the current educational system. Similar to our stance on vouchers, we believe funding non-public schools (whether or not through AmeriCorps) is the wrong approach for improving American education. Money and energy should be pumped directly into the neediest public schools. Or, at the very least, they should be spent researching new ways to improve public education. Every dime spent outside of the public sector through AmeriCorps is a dime that could be solving real problems instead of avoiding them...
...universities are practically all that we have left of our intellectual life, so you have to fit in the kinds of things that frequently happen elsewhere, in Europe. In a way, we stake everything on the universities...
...considerable cost, no doubt—that will assuredly contribute to the academic performance, mental health, and general well-being of undergraduates. For that, students should be grateful. And while students do have much reason to celebrate extended library hours, they are perhaps missing the greater issue at stake...
...Right now, it’s early in the season and it’s unclear who will sail the third slot. We’re giving everyone the chance to sail, especially early in the season when there’s not that much at stake,” Schlitz said...