What is Ivies? A Basic Definition

Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. Ivies.
         [AS. [imac]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
   ebah, G. epheu.]
         (Bot.)
   A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera helix),
         common in
   Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark,
         smooth, shining, and
   mostly five-pointed; the flowers
         yellowish and small; the
   berries black or yellow. The
         stem clings to walls and trees
   by rootlike fibers.
  
         [1913 Webster]

         Direct
         The clasping ivy where to climb.         --Milton.
   [1913
         Webster]

         Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere.   --Milton.
   [1913
         Webster]

   American
         ivy. (Bot.) See {Virginia
         creeper}.

   English
         ivy (Bot.), a popular name in
         America for the ivy
      proper (Hedera helix).

  
         German ivy (Bot.), a
         creeping plant, with smooth,
         succulent
      stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a
         species of
      Senecio ({Senecio
         scandens}).

  
         Ground ivy. (Bot.)
         Gill (Nepeta
         Glechoma).

   {Ivy
         bush}. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.
    
          

   Ivy owl (Zool.),
         the barn owl.

   Ivy
         tod
         (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.

   Japanese ivy
         (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ampelopsis tricuspidata),
         closely related to the Virginia creeper.
      

  
         Poison ivy (Bot.), an
         American woody creeper ({Rhus
     
         Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and
     
         greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the

              touch for most persons.

   To pipe in an ivy leaf,
         to console one's self as best one
      can. [Obs.]
         --Chaucer.

   West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the
         genus
      Marcgravia.
      [1913
         Webster]

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Mon Jul 14

• SparkCollege: The College Search: Some great articles and tools if you like to read. Sells a bit of stuff, but they have a great reputation. They also have a nice article explaining the public ivies

Tue Jun 10

• Japan teens prep for Harvard at elite cram school | Lifestyle | Living | Reuters

Sat May 24

• Overheard Everywhere | You Really Do Get a Little Something Extra at the Ivies

Mon Apr 7

• 02138 § The Z-List is the New A-List: "Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Golden?s analysis of Harvard admissions reveals both embarrassment and riches: The children of big-donor alums are systematically given preference over legacy offspring of lesser means."

Sun Jan 20

• Sex on Campus: Ivies Prudes, Liberal Arts Slaves 4 U - IvyGate, the Ivy League blog

Wed Oct 31

• Yanking (the Chains of) the Ivies - Chronicle.com: "Ms. Robbins thinks the mystique of the Ivy League is starting to wear thin ? even though, as she acknowledges, it's harder than ever to get into those colleges. "Other schools have caught up and surpassed the Ivy League," she says."

Thu Jun 21

• Vines: Boston Ivy...

Fri Jun 8

• America's 25 New Elite 'Ivies' - Kaplan College Guide - MSNBC.com

Wed May 16

• As Ivy League schools get more selective, so does next tier - International Herald Tribune: "People are saying, 'Well, if the Ivies and Duke are inaccessible, where do I go to get a similar academic experience?� 39;"

Wed May 9

• HLS: News: Professor Nesson: Protect Harvard from the RIAA: called upon Harvard University to fight back against the RIAA and stand up for its students, writing 'Seeking to outsource its enforcement costs, the RIAA asks universities to point fingers at their students, to filter their Internet access, and to pass a

Tue Apr 10

• The Harvard Crimson :: News :: College Uses Web Plagiarism Checks: As college applicants face escalating competition to get accepted to selective colleges, admissions offices?includ ing Harvard?s?are increasingly using internet resources to catch plagiarism in application essays.

Mon Oct 30

• Yale Daily News - Deans address plagiarism
• 'Harvard Crimson' Investigating Possible Cartoon Plagiarism

Wed Oct 4

• Rich Kid Admits: Yesterday, Now, Forever - Unsought Input

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