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...with words echo that prog-rock godfather, whose songs were similarly otherworldly. Newsom, whose similarity to Björk was hard to ignore on her debut, now seems to channel a world even further afield. Similarly elfin in appearance, Newsom echoes both the futuristic and the ancient at once, her willingness to look backwards setting her apart from her Icelandic contemporary. The poetry of all five songs is astonishing. The text is more complex—at least formally—than even Bob Dylan. Where he weaved stories on an intricate but predictable meter, Newsom spins an ever-evolving...
When I picked up the book, I expected to read about minimum SAT scores for admission, the most popular concentrations, and a few tidbits about college life. Instead, I opened up the bright yellow, blood-spattered cover to enter a world of vampires, ancient curses, and secret societies...
Harvard, restricted to a 10-game season by Ivy League presidents, cares little about teams outside the Ancient Eight...
...team All-Ivy forward Matt Stehle ’06 and second-team All Ivy center Brian Cusworth, the league’s top two returning scorers and rebounders. Harvard would bludgeon teams with its post presence, the thinking went, dominating the smaller, less skilled big men of the Ancient Eight en route to the top of the standings.While Stehle and Cusworth performed well, however, their combined interior force could not prevent an eight-game league losing streak at the end of the season that dropped the Crimson to a 5-9 Ivy record, perhaps the most disappointing finish...
...outside shot, which he has worked on extensively in the offseason—might necessitate the Crimson rotating in more of a scoring threat from the outside. Harvard’s vast supply of guards, as well as the nature of the Ivy League, arouse several other intriguing possibilities.The Ancient Eight is extremely perimeter-oriented, and teams with three or even four small, speedy players running the ball up and down the floor, driving and launching threes is not an uncommon sight.If Sullivan chooses to, he certainly has the horses to take this kind of approach.One option at the three...