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...self-confirmation. Words help to explain the traumatic reality of war, to make sense of it, and then to live in it and to live in its wake—whether it be John Singleton Copley’s letters from Europe to his half-brother Henry Pelham back in America or Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead. As I read these things, I learned something about reading the literature of war (or really, any reading): It is an act of self-validation. I didn’t live through the American Revolution or World...
...just really excited to come out and make the most of our time at [Sprints],” co-captain Laura Huppert said before the race. “I’ve been really impressed with the dedication and commitment to be able to come back from races where we didn’t do as well as we hoped, and come out the next day in practice and continue to go after it and work hard to get faster...
Radcliffe resumed its conference schedule the following week against Princeton and Bucknell. In a race that saw multiple lead changes on the waters of Lake Carnegie, the Black and White started off the race with the early lead, but the Tigers eventually came back to finish first with a time of 7:14.6. Radcliffe wasn’t far behind, posting a strong second-place finish...
...team effort,” Buesser explained. “I couldn’t have scored all those goals without the team helping out. It was that mental leap where you can’t just sit back anymore—you have to take the game in control...
...really chomping at the bit to get back,” junior Kate Buesser said. “The injury just put things into perspective and allowed her to give everything she had when she could play—and it was definitely reflected in the last half of the season...