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...drawn in by moneymaking dreams (as in Chris Moneymaker, the unknown online player who inspired many a poker habit by capturing the $2.5 million World Series of Poker prize in 2003). But for women, there's the added appeal of having a great time while smashing through a gender barrier. "When you beat guys, it's a rush," says Gloria Tsang, 32, a Los Angeles nurse who took up poker three years ago. "I can play with these boys. I can hang with them...
...effort to mitigate noise from traffic diverted to Cowperthwaite Street during ongoing construction, Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) has agreed to build a six-foot high barrier in the middle of the street that will still allow traffic and pedestrians to pass through. A wider shuttle turnout area will also be constructed between Dunster and Mather Houses, bringing the sidewalk closer to the entrances of the Houses. Construction of the shuttle turnout area is set to begin sometime this week and should be completed within two weeks, according to Matthew R. Greenfield ’08, one of three Undergraduate...
...magazine will be sold around campus for $2.95. According to Sebastian, the $7,500 dollar price-tag printing job is too steep to allow free distribution, making it the first Harvard publication in recent memory to charge students money. Whether Freeze will overcome the barrier remains to be seen—after all, there’s no guarantee that their business model will be viable at a place like Harvard, where even the free publications often get ignored. But Sebastian doesn’t expect Freeze to have much in common with any other Harvard publication...
...broke out with its eighth shutout of the season, beating Cornell Saturday 3-0 at Berman Field. The defeat was the fourth straight for the Big Red (6-4-0, 1-2-0). It was the first time that the Crimson eclipsed the one-goal barrier on the season. “It was really exciting scoring three goals,” freshman midfielder Erin Wylie said. “I think that scoring three goals is really good for us because our confidence is up. We’ve been having trouble with shooting, so to finally connect...
...listened attentively to the quieter parts of Belfast's history, like the building of the Titanic in a local shipyard. But their necks craned whenever they passed a temple of recent turbulence, like police stations surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, and the West Belfast peace line, a barrier that has separated Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods longer than Berlin was divided by its wall. Their guide, Bren-dan McKernan, laced fact with a heavy dose of blarney. He recited the alphabet soup of Irish paramilitary groups just as the bus passed a fast food restaurant. To the i.r.a., i.n.l.a...