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...very important in the big picture because they create all the heavy elements. They produce the iron in your blood [and] in the core of the Earth,” Kirshner said. “We personally are made out of stardust,” he added. Supernova expert Alexei V. Filippenko, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley who played a central role in discovering that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, said he was intrigued by the team’s findings. “Spectroscopically, it was certainly a very interesting supernova that deserves...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cosmic Shrapnel Holds History | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

...Green Invitational, where they stole the show from the home team. According to coach Dave Fish ’72, Harvard won all its match tiebreakers, a rare feat indicating that these players, who usually play toward the bottom of the Crimson rotation, thrive under pressure.Freshmen Alexei Chijoff-Evans and Aba Omodele-Lucien cruised to the championship in the A doubles bracket.The B singles championship to be held today will feature two Harvard freshmen, Will Guzick and Tim Wu. Sophomore Michael Hayes will compete in the A singles championship today.—Staff writer Jonathan B. Steinman...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Tennis Closes Fall in Three Locations | 11/4/2007 | See Source »

...started to display real talent in the last few rounds,” coach Dave Fish ’72 said. “He started to really light it up and play an all-court game.” Junior Sasha Ermakov and freshmen Will Guzick and Alexei Chijoff-Evans also competed at the ITA Regionals. Ermakov, who was seeded 20th, defeated his second-round opponent from Fairleigh Dickinson, 6-0, 6-4, after a first-round bye, then lost in the third round, 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3, to eighth-seeded Mark Clemente of Columbia despite...

Author: By Lucas A. Paul, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Clayton, Nguyen Advance to ITA Quarterfinals | 10/21/2007 | See Source »

...seeded Penn State, 5-2, in a match that was much closer than the final score indicated. Harvard’s players took their opponents to three sets in five of the six singles matches against the Nittany Lions, though only co-captain Dan Nguyen and freshman Alexei Chijoff-Evans managed to squeeze out victories. This tournament was the first this season in which Harvard’s players competed as a team, and the strong performance up and down the lineup—including at least one victory from three freshmen—sent a strong message that...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Tennis Advances to ECAC Semifinals, Loses to Top Seed | 9/30/2007 | See Source »

Capitalizing on momentum from strong preseason tournament performances, the Harvard men’s tennis team opened its season with an impressive showing at the University of Virginia’s Fall Invitational tournament. Leading the Crimson charge was freshman Alexei Chijoff-Evans, who, in his first collegiate tennis experience, won his singles bracket with three consecutive three-set victories. The Crimson was a strong presence among the tournament’s nine separate singles brackets and four separate doubles brackets, an unusual format in which no ultimate champion was determined and 16-player brackets were labeled by color...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chijoff-Evans Leads Charge at UVA Fall Invitational | 9/17/2007 | See Source »

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