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...very quickly. Each year, facing them early in the season is always a challenge, because they’re always ready to race.In the five races that featured the two varsity eights, the varsity fours, and the novice eight, Radcliffe claimed only one victory when the Varsity Four B prevailed with a time of 8:07.4. Both Cornell and Bucknell bested the Black and White in the novice eight. The varsity four A finished at 8:10.4, nearly six seconds behind Princeton and four seconds behind Bucknell. “We’re still working on lineups and getting...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rowers Take Second Place | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...Bears bounced back with a 3.1 second victory in the second freshman eight. Like their lighter counterparts, Harvard’s heavyweights dominated the varsity four race, as four Harvard boats finished ahead of the Brown boat. The A boat won the heat with a 6:29, with the B boat just one second back. The D boat finished in 6:37 and the C crew finished two seconds back with 6:39, besting the Bears by three seconds. It was Brown who jumped to an early lead in the second varsity eight. The Crimson was able to keep...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Victories Highlight Rowers’ Weekend | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

...irreparably damaged by their time in prison.“The Exonerated,” which has garnered various awards since its premiere in 2002, will be performed by BlackCAST in the Adams Pool Theatre through Sunday. Co-directed by Renee Michelle Ragin ’10 and Jenne B. Ayers ’10, “The Exonerated” explores real, personal stories. “This play is less about the death penalty and more about the human experience. People shouldn’t be coming in tense and worried about having an opinion...

Author: By Minji Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'The Exonorated' Explores Death Penalty | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...youthful and fiery self-portrait by Tintoretto helps anchor the first room, and the last painting is a solemn and piercing-eyed self-portrait of the aged dyer’s son, emphasizing his importance and bookending a rare and incredible exhibit. —Staff writer Alexander B. Fabry can be reached at fabry@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Titian Tintoretto, Vernonese Awe at MFA | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

Nevertheless, in body-conscious Brazil, the nation of Gisele Bündchen, plastic surgery and minuscule bikinis, it was the obesity figures that caused the most anxiety. Any suggestion that the girl from Ipanema is not necessarily tall and tan and young and lovely, but could possibly be short and pale and fat and ugly, can cause a scandal here. When the New York Times reported in 2005 that Brazilians were getting fatter, the correspondent came under attack in the media as a gay, Brazilian-hating heretic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazilian Obesity: The Big Girl from Ipanema | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

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