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When I talked to the captain of the team, senior Geoff A. Smith ’10, he wore a green and white polo and talked with his hands. He seemed to be consciously slowing down his speech patterns so that I could perfectly understand him. He told me that this year, the team would be debating the following issue, as determined by the Cross Examination Debate Association, at all of its tournaments (he recited it from memory and I had to replay it three times on my recorder just to get it right): “The United States...
...hear that PJ won again?), to distill from the clothes that people wear (did you see their matching shirts?). So I wrote some e-mails, plied some contacts and started imagining a plane ride to Kentucky, paid for by The Crimson. I’d sit behind the captain and coach, nestled among the younger team members, jotting down exceptionally good quotes, helping to carry the evidence tubs when we departed. At the debates I’d sit in a corner, watch PJ dazzle the audience and their opponents...
...none of this could help me visualize PJ. I decided to cold e-mail them, without going through the captain or coach first. Geoff had told me their civilian names: Alex A. Parkinson ’11 and Eli J. Jacobs ’11. They e-mailed back quickly, but they were too busy to meet with me (schoolwork and prepping for tournaments). I could imagine them sitting at vast, thickly papered desks, sifting through files, and passing folders back and forth...
...actually watching the races, any spot along the banks of the river will give you a good view of the action. But those who are in the know recommend watching from Weeks or Anderson Bridges. According to Women’s Lightweight Co-Captain Grace M. Hollowell ’10, races can be won there based on steering...
...When she plays with a certain intensity in these games she’s setting an example for some of the younger players,” co-captain Lizzy Nichols said...