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...after your “women in science” speech, did you not strongly defend yourself and your argument from the outset? You’re certainly capable of engaging in a debate. It felt a little like John Kerry’s reluctance to confront the Swift Boat veterans, who eventually got the best of him. What was holding you back? LHS: Every group has had, can have, and will have great scientists, and I never wanted to do anything that suggested that I or Harvard thought anything else or wanted to send any different signal. Correcting that...
...Crimson entered the race as the underdog, it still had a considerable amount of tradition on its side. And even though Harvard enjoyed a three-seat lead for the first half of the race, the Tigers eventually pulled ahead for a 3.2-second victory, beating Harvard by a full boat length. “It’s going to be different this year,” said Henderson of his team’s struggles. “We haven’t been as dominant as we were last year so early on in the season. The season...
Charley Butt has a knack for getting his rowers to peak at the right time.2006 was no exception, as the Harvard men’s lightweight crew coach watched his top two boats medal at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships (IRAs) on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.Despite coming in as a significant underdog, the varsity eight was just edged by Eastern Sprints champion Cornell in the Grand Final, falling 0.076 seconds short of taking home the gold medal.Meanwhile, the varsity straight four outraced a field packed with heavyweight boats to capture the national title.“It?...
...Eastern Sprints title as well as the IRA Championship. Wisconsin topped the Radcliffe eight by six seconds at the Sprints and more than seven seconds at the IRAs. Once again, the midwesterners gained speed as the season went on, ending the year as the boat to beat in the national championship. “They don’t get on the water until later in the spring, and so they get a lot faster [very] quickly, whereas we have been able to train starting mid-February on the water,” Bates said. “They?...
...this year. Radcliffe was hurt by a four-regatta losing streak towards the end of the season. The streak included surprising losses to Boston University and Dartmouth, as well as defeats against rivals Princeton and Yale. The young squad, which consistently had only three seniors on its varsity eight boat, began the season right by beating Boston College and Northeastern to win the Rowlands Cup. It followed that win with an upset of Brown in Providence. “We had a great race against Brown,” senior Laura Martin said. “The first two races...