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...brain loathes uncertainty. In laboratory experiments, humans actually fear uncertainty more than physical pain. We are simply wired this way. When we encounter uncertainty, the first thing we do is try to beat it back. The problem is, uncertainty may not be the biggest threat. It may be a distraction - the kind we have to cope with while we do the actual work of keeping ourselves alive...
...ninth last year and dead last two years ago, Harvard is looking forward to making noise this year. “This tournament shows the improvement we’ve made over the last two years,” Pollak said. Both Pollak and Shuman stressed the importance of beating Dartmouth and Princeton, the other two Ivy schools participating at the tournament. “We’re always happy to compete against the other Ivy League [schools] because it tells us where we’re at and where the other schools are at,” Pollak...
...before losing the next two, 6-3, 6-1. Mangham also lost, dropping his second straight game of the Classic, this time to Cal freshman Christoffer Konigsfeldt, 6-3, 6-2. Sunday proved to be a pivotal day for Crimson players as they faced some experienced competitors. McAnulty beat senior Bijan Hejazi of UC Berkeley, 7-6, 6-3, a player who had won numerous accolades at UC Santa Barbara before transferring in January of this year. Chijoff-Evans won against Mississippi sophomore Marcel Thiemann in a decisive contest towards the latter two sets...
Harvard women’s tennis continued to establish itself as one of the teams to beat in the Ivy League with victories in doubles and singles play at this weekend’s Harvard Fall Classic at the Robert M. Beren Tennis Center. The Crimson showcased its young talent with another outstanding individual performance from freshman Hideko Tachibana, who won both the Flight A doubles and singles championship. Players from Harvard, Boston College, Boston University, as well as the University of Texas at San Antonio took to the courts on Friday with first rounds of doubles and singles...
Finding herself with the ball and no one to beat but the netminder, the all-Ivy junior forward knew exactly what to do. She blasted a shot high into the net over Mastroianni, getting the Crimson back into the match...