Word: athleticism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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I'm quite familiar with the Harvard/Radcliffe athletic scene, I've already met all of my General Education requirements, and my SAT scores were in double figures. Barely.
For one thing, I'd probably fire at least four current coaches of major sports teams, all of whom have about as much conception of how to run varsity athletic programs at Harvard as the Philadelphia 76er's have of playing as a team.
Secondly, I'd try-new athletic complex or no new athletic complex--to give the majority of the student body (i.e.undergraduates who don't play at the intercollegiate level) a better shake. For instance, have you ever tried to get some court time at the IAB without being told that...
And then I'd get together with the various Radcliffe athletic teams and inform them that with varsity status, recruits and intensive media coverage come criticisms, second guesses and everything else that's accorded the men's teams. Life's not all pats on the back up here in the...
Finally, I'd raise a great many questions about a search committee that stalls, ices the puck and takes an indeterminate number of walks to the pitcher's mound before nominating a new athletic director. It seems to me that if you were in a crew race, they'd say...