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Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient WorldSharon WaxmanTimes Books; 414 pages...
After losing its first Ancient Eight conference game 1-0 last Saturday to Dartmouth, the Harvard men’s soccer team looked to rebound from the heartbreaking loss. Even with senior All-American forward and co-captain Mike Fucito out with a hip injury, the Crimson (10-4) found just the right cure by decisively defeating and shutting out a struggling Maine soccer team (5-10-2) 2-0 yesterday in Orono, Maine. “To show that we could win without him really boosted our confidence,” co-captain Luke Sager said. While this nonconference...
...well, at least we don’t live in Cambridge.” I’m talking about bragging rights for a full year. At this point we’re just over two weeks and counting from what is the pinnacle of the Ancient Eight football season (at least for all of us sports writers that spend all year hoping that we can get our blockmates and friends to attend games against teams like Lehigh and Dartmouth only to be rebuffed). This year, let’s extend the rivalry beyond the hours of 12-3. Whether...
...word ballot comes from the Italian word for small ball, ballotta, evoking the bygone practice of using colored shells or beads to cast votes. (The dreaded black ball indicated a "No" vote in ancient Greece). Early American ballots, on the other hand, mostly came in the form of one's voice. Men simply shouted their choice in public, a process known as vica voce. Though it alleviated concerns of illiteracy, the method encouraged intimidation and fraud. One of the most common forms of manipulation involved plying voters with free booze. Even Thomas Jefferson let his campaign dispense liquor on Election...
...itself in a position to earn its first Ivy League title since 1999, as the Crimson (9-3-4, 4-1-1 Ivy) tied Dartmouth (7-6-2, 1-4-1) 1-1 on Saturday in Hanover, N.H., and now sits in a three-way tie atop the Ancient Eight standings. “It was a physical game, but a great contest,” Harvard coach Ray Leone said. “Just a really good game; a lot of ebb and flow for both teams.” Although the tie was not the result the Crimson...