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...match didn’t really begin until the third game, and by that time victory had already slipped out of reach for Harvard.The Crimson men’s volleyball team (7-8, 3-4 Hay) took on the Trojans of Mount Olive (14-5) at the Malkin Athletic Center Saturday afternoon but lacked the energy to stay with the feisty visitors.“We just started out really slowly,” senior Jamie Crooks said. “Our starting point was so low that by the time we came back to really play...
...excess mass gives a nascent star too much angular momentum, preventing it from collapsing on itself to begin the process of nuclear fusion...
Finally, the idea that Harvard could somehow singlehandedly change the culture of college sports is just ridiculous. How, in our competitive and sports-obsessed culture, could Harvard begin to make the nation’s sports programs, which generate millions of dollars, not to mention tons of free publicity and school pride, take a more nonchalant approach to recruiting? This is neither feasible nor desirable. One of the great things a person can do is strive for excellence in athletics. It gives you purpose, direction, and happiness in a world where these commodities are scarce. So instead of accepting Caldwell?...
...appalled by cruelty to a hawk but indifferent to chickens treated as trash? Masson argues that the problem is not human malice, but rather a lack of exposure to certain animals. He suggests that as more people begin keeping hens as pets, and learn more about the emotional intelligence of pigs and horses, attitudes are changing. “There’s a whole new animal consciousness arising, and it’s against cruelty to any animal...
...relieve pressure on prices. After all, OPEC output quotas are hardly effectively policed. But analysts believe that assumption may be false. Priddy believes Americans might be unfairly pinning the blame on oil-rich countries. "They want to find someone to blame and Gulf countries aren't popular to begin with," he says. But producers are contending with rising production costs, while extracting oil has become more difficult as land-based wells with plentiful reserves have been depleted in many places, leaving expensive, complicated deep-sea drilling as the best hope for tapping massive new reserves...