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...Later in the second quarter, Harvard’s work once again paid off, this time through the air. On a third-and-six after a short punt that gave the Crimson the ball in Lion territory, junior quarterback Liam O’Hagan hit a wide open Corey Mazza in the endzone for a 29-yard score. The senior receiver once again led the way with 56 yards on four catches, while O’Hagan was 16-for-26 with 181 yards and the single touchdown. Harvard took a 14-7 advantage into the intermission.In the first half...
...ninth-story window in Tower F at roughly 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26. Rooms in the Leverett Towers typically have one large window that doesn’t open and at least one smaller window that can be cranked open. The smaller windows are about two feet wide and four feet high. While the circumstances surrounding his fall are still unclear, the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officially closed the case last Monday after concluding that it was “not a criminal matter,” according to HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano...
...prejudices? Research by Mahzarin Banaji suggests you probably are. On Friday afternoon, Banaji, the Cabot professor of social ethics in psychology, presented research about the prevalence of “mind bugs,” or implicit biases that prejudice people without their knowledge, to an audience representing a wide range of disciplines. In one example of a study demonstrating prevalent perceptual biases, Banaji, who is also the Pforzheimer professor at the Radcliffe Institute, had the audience count the number of passes in a clip showing basketball players. The audience was so focused on the players that most...
...warns that how voters do choose, based on the language on the ballots, could have a far-reaching effect effect on legal rights for same-sex couples. "Most of the ballots have components that go beyond the marriage issue. If passed, they have the potential to have a more wide-sweeping impact on gay and lesbian couples than the ballot initiatives that only look at same-sex marriage...
...Tuesday's election, Ballot Proposition 240, "The Humane Treatment of Farm Animals Act," is expected to pass by a wide margin in this generally conservative state after a contentious and emotional campaign. No matter that the measure, which forbids the confinement of calves and pregnant sows in narrow crates, affects only a single industrial farm in a state that raises little pork and no commercial veal. But agribusiness and animal welfare advocates agree that a victory in Arizona will invigorate the growing national movement to reform factory farms. "If it works in Arizona, then we'll go on to California...