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Back in that day there were missionaries and colonial administrators and educators pushing Christianity, the backwardness of non-western societies, and the bright future of European civilization, technology, and culture. One of the stated goals of the French colonial policy in Africa was cultural assimilation—to better the primitive Africans by transforming them into little dark Frenchmen and women. Now there are Western-educated aid workers, politicians, professors, and organizers pushing the materialist religions of free-market capitalism and Marxism (both ideological descendents of Hegel), the backwardness of non-Western societies, and the bright future of modern technology...
...worst of times for goaltender Justin Tobe. But on the closing weekend of the regular season, it was finally the best of times. One night after holding Colgate to a single goal, the senior repeated the feat in Harvard’s game against rival Cornell. And with the Bright Hockey Center filled close to capacity on Senior Night, Tobe made 26 saves to earn a significant victory for the team. This came from a player who hadn’t started a league game since a 3-2 victory against Dartmouth on Dec. 16. “He?...
Saturday night was scheduled as the ceremonial Senior Night at Bright Hockey Center, but Friday night’s win may have postponed some of the farewells. Harvard’s victory over Colgate clinched a first-round ECAC playoff home series for the Crimson, ensuring that the team’s veteran members would spend at least one more weekend on their home ice. “We enjoy playing in front of our home crowd,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91. “It is an advantage...
...that if I went in and played poorly on Friday,” he explains, “it would have been the last hockey game I would play.”But Tobe’s career continued. On Saturday, in front of a packed crowd at the Bright Hockey Center on Harvard’s Senior Night, the netminder stymied rival Cornell’s offense, allowing just a 5-on-3 goal in a 3-1 upset. After the game, Tobe was honored twice—first by his teammates mobbing him in front of the Crimson...
...Lena Litvak opened the match competitively against No. 64 Amanda Taylor. With the score tied 3-3 in the first set, Taylor went on a run, winning the next nine games to take the match, 6-3, 6-0.No. 56 sophomore Beier Ko provided the day’s only bright spot for the Crimson. Ko scored Harvard’s solitary point, defeating No. 96 Taka Bertrand, 6-1, 7-5.“Beier really had to take care of business today,” Gordon said. “She was hurting. She had tired legs...