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...Beier Ko set the tone for the Crimson in its doubles matches with Rice, defeating the Owls’ Tiffany Lee and Julie Chao 8-2. Harvard would win three out the four doubles matches it played against Rice, with the tandem of sophomore Catriona Stewart and freshman Elizabeth Brook suffering the lone doubles loss, an 8-4 defeat. In its singles matchups with the Owls, the Crimson was even more dominant, winning six out of seven matches. Brook took the lone loss, falling to Rice’s Emily Braid in three sets...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Women’s tennis team rolls over Rice, fights for split with Virginia | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

Democratic candidate for New York State Senate Brooke M. Ellison ’00, one of the many Harvard alums seeking political office this year, is no stranger to facing difficult battles. Though her most recent challenge is for a Long Island Senate seat against incumbent Rep. John Flanagan, she faced adversity when she became paralyzed from the neck down as a result of a 1990 car accident. The accident changed her life forever, but it did not stop her from earning degrees from Harvard College and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Her inspirational story—portrayed...

Author: By Van Le, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Paralyzed Alum Invigorates N.Y. Race | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

...Prism," it's unmissable-from Brook Andrew's eye-grabbing Sexy and Dangerous, 1997, in which the colonial gaze behind an archival photo is wittily subverted by digital manipulation, to the late Rover Thomas' powerful Paruku (Lake Gregory), 1991, which draws the eye down Bridgestone's central corridor with the cosmic pull of a black hole. In a salon-style gallery designed for the appreciation of modern masters, the aesthetic relationship between Aboriginal painting and 20th century abstraction has never seemed closer. Though as Thomas, the former stockman from Turkey Creek, reportedly said of Rothko, "Who's that bugger that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Both Sides Now | 10/23/2006 | See Source »

...being in the closet is old-fashioned, it's also profoundly destabilizing. In a forthcoming paper in Psychological Bulletin, John Pachankis of Stony Brook University cites studies showing that concealing a nonheterosexual orientation is associated with more emotional distress and depression than disclosing the truth. There's even evidence that cloaking your identity can impair your physical health. Which makes sense: it's surely stressful to allow others to define you all your life. "Being gay and closeted doesn't guarantee that you'll do things you shouldn't do, but it increases the likelihood that you might," Representative Barney...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Being True to Himself | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...Litvak took the victory, 8-5. Other Crimson representatives did not fare quite so well. While Schnitter advanced several rounds in her quest for the singles crown, teammates Cat Stewart and Laura Peterzan, both sophomores, failed to advance beyond their first matches, as did senior Preethi Mukundan. Freshman Elizabeth Brook was able to win one match before succumbing to Arizona’s Natalia Toporowska...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Freshman leaves mark by winning singles, doubles championships | 9/24/2006 | See Source »

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