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...Carol Sklenicka's judicious, thorough and sometimes harrowing biography, Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life (Scribner; 578 pages), we learn just how well Carver knew the worlds he wrote about. He grew up mostly in blue collar Yakima, Wash., where his father worked in a sawmill, changed jobs frequently and drank heavily, patterns he passed on to his son. Carver was barely 18 when he married 16-year-old Maryann Burk, but he had already dedicated himself to life as a writer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man of Constant Sorrow | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...Crimson was only able to convert two of its six powerplay attempts and ultimately failed to establish a dynamic forecheck, settling instead for shooting from just beyond the blue line...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Stumbles in Home Opener, Falls to Saints | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

Though Harvard survived the Saints’ five-on-three advantage, it couldn’t outlast St. Lawrence’s next powerplay opportunity. About halfway into the frame, wide-open Saints freshman George Hughes scored his first collegiate goal with a powerful slapshot from the blue line...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Stumbles in Home Opener, Falls to Saints | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...freshman last year, I had no problem accepting the fact that our football team wasn’t exactly loaded with blue-chippers who could run 4.3-second forties. What bothered me, however, wasn’t how we played football, but how we—as a student body—didn’t care very much about the sport. Despite the Crimson’s absolute dominance in the Ivy League in recent years, the fan support just wasn’t there...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE CHEN COMMANDMENTS: The Game Brings Out Football Fans | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

Last year, Harvard covered 74 percent of the Blue Cross costs for individual plans and 76 percent for family plans...

Author: By Hemi H. Gandhi and Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Health Costs Could Rise for Security Guards | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

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