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First, her argument that Harvard would do well to accept mediocrity in athletics is ridiculous. Harvard’s core creed is really to strive for excellence in everything it does; it only admits the best, brightest, and most talented students in the world. I don’t see why athletics should be an exception here. Through its history, Harvard has traditionally been an athletic power in certain sports, such as hockey, squash, and rowing, and its academic reputation has certainly not suffered because of this. Take a school like Stanford, which is widely renowned for being a powerhouse...
...wanted to go out on their own terms.” Unfortunately for the two seniors, they dropped opening round bouts to the top-seeded wrestlers at 157 and 165 lbs. and would not advance in the consolation draw. It was instead the future of Harvard wrestling that shone brightest. Sophomore J.P. O’Connor, ranked first in the tournament and second in the country, tore through the 149-lb field after a first-round bye. But, the All-American came up short in the finals, losing 5-4 to Penn’s Cesar Grajales...
...really black? And what of the claim that a black student who attends a Radiohead concert is betraying his race? While people may not be making these claims openly, the existence of these positions is well understood within the community. Some of hip-hop’s brightest stars, however, fail to even acknowledge the problem created by this kind of cultural isolationism and the musical inbreeding that it engenders. In a December 2007 Spin Magazine interview in which he discussed race and music, Kanye West said, “I play to the stereotypes. I believe in the stereotypes...
...better in a scrape. Combat brings them to the balls of their feet. They spring their leaks in calm seas - whether it's Bill botching his first term as governor of Arkansas, or Hillary's failure to pass health care reform even with a Democratic Congress - and shine the brightest when bailing frantically for survival...
...John’s torch certainly shone brightly while he was with us, and today it illuminates broader questions about our role here at Harvard and the nature of our community. Harvard’s goal should be not just to attract brightest stars, but to keep them burning brightly while they are here, and in their various pursuits afterwards...