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...players have stepped up and delivered like Drew Housman.The senior point guard and four-year starter for the Harvard men’s basketball team has been one of the best players in the league over the past couple weekends and his play could not have come at a better time for the Crimson.Housman scored in double figures in each of Harvard’s last six games, during which it has gone an impressive 3-3, including thrilling last minute wins at Penn and against league-leader Cornell.It has been those two marquee wins that the Calabasas, Calif. native...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Housman Dominant as Career Draws to a Close | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...just kind of stuck with it and kept shooting, trying to get my body to the net, my stick on the ice,” Rogers said. “Sometimes it’s just better to shoot than to pass...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Junior's Revived Play Provides Needed Lift | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

Insurance companies often treat mental and physical illnesses differently, and those seeking mental health services wait a decade on average before receiving treatment, U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy said at the Institute of Politics yesterday. Kennedy, a Rhode Island Democrat, spoke on the need to reform health care systems to better address the need for affordable addiction and mental health treatment. The event began with an introduction by Minnesota Congressman Jim Ramstad, who talked about finding himself in a Sioux Falls jail in 1981 before finally seeking treatment for his addiction. According to Ramstad, over 26 million people currently suffer from...

Author: By Ellie Reilly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kennedy Calls For Healthcare Reform | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...ways of increasing efficiency to meet budgetary constraints. Still, those involved with the project do not see it as a cost-cutting exercise. “The purpose as I understand it is to make a great library greater, to turn the crisis into an opportunity to do things better,” said Darnton. Under the chairmanship of Steven Hyman, a 19-person task force comprised of university faculty and library staff from diverse academic backgrounds will prepare a set of recommendations to the President and the Council of Deans. Their recommendations will address the overall structure...

Author: By Emma M. Benintende, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Provost Calls For Improved Libraries | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...angered the unions involved in construction and custodial work, and left all involved in a state of clouded confusion about the reality of Harvard’s financial position. If the university expects those affected by this to accept the drastic cuts in so many sectors, they must provide better evidence that these cuts are explicitly necessary...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Some Explaining to Do | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

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