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William M. Goldsmith

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Local Teens Take College Classes

If you thought Harvard had enough over-achievers already, you thought wrong. Make way for the high schoolers. Three students from


Cambridge Schools Battle over Budget

What began as a routine Cambridge School Committee meeting last night developed into a battle over whether the district should


Councillors Argue at Session

A conflict erupted between freshman Cambridge City Councillor Craig A. Kelley and the rest of the council during yesterday’s meeting,


Lampoon Recycles Already Lame Hoax

Not everyone can be funny. Two prank e-mails sent Saturday night appearing to be sent by the puerile minds of


Harvard Has Lowest Percentage of Tenure-Track Profs in Ivies

CORRECTION APPENDED More than half of Harvard’s teaching and research faculty are neither tenured nor are on track to be


Students Face Pain in Polar Bear Swim

At 7:00 a.m., one minute before sunrise on a frigid morning last Friday, 70 brave—or foolish—souls channelled their inner Alaskan


Roadwork Threatens Memorial to Revolutionary War Alum

He survived the Battle of Lexington and Concord and crossed the Delaware alongside Washington, but Colonel Loammi Baldwin—who received his


Drinks, Cheap. Discussion, Priceless.

A 1920s Greenwich Village-style salon in Quincy House? John C. McMillian, resident tutor and lecturer on history and literature, thinks


Supply of Tickets, Alcohol Dry Up

The Harvard-Yale Game ticket supply, like the tailgate outside, has run dry. Tickets to the annual Game, entering its 123rd