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Junior goalie Joe Pilch, who was Ivy Rookie of the Year two years ago, provides another defensive presence. A 230-pound ex-football player, he is a big obstacle in net and an intimidating presence who leaves the crease to make bone-jarring hits...
Harvard students will be offered a unique chance to save lives through the Harvard-Radcliffe bone marrow drive, to be held tomorrow from 11 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Green Room of Loker Commons...
Organized by the Harvard-Radcliffe Cancer Society, the drive will allow students to be added to the national bone marrow registry, after a simple blood test. The list identifies possible bone marrow transplants for patients suffering from leukemia...
According to Brendan. A Harley '00, co-director of the effort, leukemia patients suffer a loss of bone marrow when subjected to the heavy doses of radiation needed for treatment. Such patients can receive a transplant from family members of strangers but identifying donors with a correct genetic match can be difficult or even impossible...
...bone marrow registry isn't complete," Harley said. "They don't have all of the genetic markers represented...