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...Southern California was the spring break destination of choice for the women’s golf team, which showed it could handle the heat just fine. The lone East Coast representative in a battle of California schools, the Crimson competed in the Desert Individual Classic last Friday and was by no means left out in the cold. Taking on players from Stanford, UC Berkeley, UC Davis and UCLA, the Harvard contingent held its own in the 18-hole individual tournament, held at the famed Stadium Course at La Quinta, a par 72, 6,166-yard course. Two Crimson golfers placed...
...Sunny California brought only good things to the Harvard women’s water polo team last week, as the team recorded two big wins and two close losses to finish up its last tune-up games before the start of conference play.After a tough 20-2 loss to No. 1 Stanford, and then a tight win against unranked Sonoma State earlier in the week, the Crimson (7-9) came into the last four games of the week a little tired but ready to attack. And attack they did.In the four-game series, Harvard scored a total of 38 goals...
Entering its only west coast trip of the season with a record two games under .500, the women’s tennis team knew that the voyage to California could set the team in the right direction heading into league play next weekend.“We got solid preparation for Ivy season, which is vital to our success this year,” Harvard coach Traci Green said.The Crimson came through when it counted, winning three of its four matches on the trip and leveling its overall record to 7-7, marking the first time the team has reached...
Spring break in Southern California instantly conjures images of a beautiful coastline: from riding ocean waves on a surfboard, to lying on a golden beach, soaking up the sun—could there be anything better than this?In the case of the Crimson men’s tennis team, yes—it is likely that Harvard would gladly trade the various charms of the West Coast for a return to full strength and winning ways, culminating in back-to-back Ivy League championships.With the start of the Ancient Eight fixtures only a week away, No. 68 Harvard...
Marijuana advocates were not the only ones who were overjoyed when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that he was ending federal raids on medical-marijuana facilities unless they were in violation of both state and federal laws. In budget-strapped California, for one, taxpayers are grateful. There, the fed crackdowns, which had continued despite the end of the state's own raids, got in the way of upwards of $100 million in revenue from medical-marijuana sales taxes in 2007, according to Americans for Safe Access (ASA), an advocacy group for prescription...