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...Missmer said. So why the tortilla connection? NTDs and other fumonsin-related disorders seem to have a high correlation with processed corn consumption. The study shows that women who eat 400 grams or more of corn tortilla products per day find themselves in the greatest risk bracket for passing neural-tube defects to their offspring. Researchers found that women with NTD-positive children ate more tortillas on average during their pregnancy than those who did not. Suarez defended the study’s method of asking women to recall the quantity of tortillas consumed over the past year, claiming...
Lily Lorentzen had a pretty good weekend. The Harvard freshman, the top seed in the CSA Individual National Championships, steamrolled her way through the bracket and into the finals, where she emerged with a five-game win and the national individual title. Lorentzen, who postponed her enrollment to spend a year training and competing on the international circuit, became the first Harvard player to win the Ramsay Cup since 1998. Yes, it was a pretty good weekend for Lily Lorentzen. But Kyla Grigg’s might have been a little bit better. Grigg, a junior who played...
...Crimson, which saw three of its entries—Lorentzen, Grigg, and sophomore Jen Blumberg—reach the quarterfinals. In addition, sophomore Supriya Balsekar, who lost in the round of 16, knocked off Princeton’s top player in the second-round consolation bracket. “I think it’s a great way to end the season,” Grigg said. While it wasn’t surprising that Harvard’s representatives performed well—the Crimson’s strength at the top five flights is among the best...
...Keenan ’06, one of the contestants who failed to advance past the preliminary round. “But I thought it was a lot of fun.” Though the tournament teetered on chaos from time to time, with plans to follow a pre-made bracket falling by the wayside, the spirit of fun prevailed throughout the night. One of those responsible for that spirit, tournament music director and residential tutor Martin S. Bell ’03, shed some insight into the game at hand and the importance of his role in the event...
Harvard fell to Princeton, 7-5, yesterday in the final of the Ivy League Invitational women’s water polo tournament, finishing second among the six teams present. The Crimson was placed in a bracket with club teams Columbia and Dartmouth and defeated them by scores of 14-3 and 13-0, respectively. In the semi-finals of the tournament, Harvard, the defending champion, beat Penn 9-6 to set up a title showdown with the Tigers. Despite not being able to repeat as champions, the team still felt confident about its performance. “This is another...