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...broad base of knowledge, Adams enrolled at Harvard, having already worked with some professors in the music department before his arrival. “The first month or so was high anxiety with high hopes of scholarly ambition,” Adams says.He enrolled in a course on ancient Greek, hoping to be able to read Classical texts soon. Adams failed the course that first semester, and stayed away from Classics from then on, focusing instead on his passion for music.Adams studied under Leon Kirchner, a professor of musical composition and composer who Adams says had a definitive impact...
...It’s like when people ask you where you go to school—it just takes too much explanation.”Born in Minnesota and the daughter of Buddhist converts, Howard says that her academic interest originated from a desire to read ancient Buddhist texts in its original Sanskrit. At Harvard, she learned Tibetan instead and now works in India translating Tibetan to English. In Chicago, Sara M. Berliner ’98 began her college career at Harvard like the majority of her classmates. As a freshman, she chose what she called...
...Crimson, winner of five of the last 11 Ancient Eight titles, closed its season yesterday with a 4-3 win over Northeastern. The Tigers, owners of the league’s other six NCAA berths during that span, finish up today at home against Rider...
...field alone one day, when his master stopped by unescorted to dish out his customary abuse. Smith crushed his skull with a bat, stole his clothes, stuffed the corpse in a haystack and made off atop the dead Turk's horse, finding his way back to Europe along the ancient Silk Road...
...final to tie the series and secure the Rolfe title.This time around, the annual home-and-away four-game set will have a different feel, as the Big Green (6-25-1, 3-13 Ivy) enters the weekend at the back end of the Ancient Eight standings. But the rivalry will still be there, as will the playoff implications for the Crimson (15-16, 10-6 Ivy), which finds itself one game behind division-leading Brown.“It’s always a big rivalry [between Harvard and Dartmouth] because there’s always something riding...