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...them. But it is also full of vitality and it is eventually bound to assert, for at least some of their children, the seductiveness of the forbidden. Lindsay Lohan is not going to save them. But some of them, someday are going to get hold of Huckleberry Finn or Catcher in the Rye - one of those books mom and pop are trying to get banned from the school library - and it's going to make all the difference to those kids. And maybe to the rest of us as well...
...does it take? Ellis was still in college when he wrote Less than Zero, a vivid, anhedonic portrait of wasted (in every sense) youth on the L.A. party circuit. Hemingway was only 27 when he published The Sun Also Rises. Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby at 28; Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, 32. (Not that it really matters, but Goethe was just 25 when he published The Sorrows of Young Werther, one of the first voice-of-a-generation novels, in 1774. It's not really the done thing now, but back then throughout Europe it was very...
...Yankees ace Mike Mussina, a Stanford (but not Stamford) grad, is a noted solver, in ink, of crosswords. (He enjoys other word and trivia games. A couple weeks ago the Times noted that Moose and his catcher whiled away a rain delay compiling a list of TV actors who had starred in three hit series. Anyone? Anyone? Hint: consider the initials...
...American Dave Cromwell, and classmate Daniel Rybalko were awarded the Harold S. Ullen Trophy for demonstrating leadership and sportsmanship and for emphasizing team cooperation, a crucial factor in the Crimson’s successful season.GOLDEN RECEIVER Freshman Hayley Bock (left) shined in her rookie year, but it was senior catcher Erin Halpenny who had the standout season. Batting at a .274 clip, she pounded out 37 hits, 11 for extra-bases, and picked up a spot on the All-Ivy honorable mention team. Her leadership, along with that of co-captain Michelle McAteer, was invaluable to a team that relied...
...mound, the sophomore pitching tandem of Madick and Watkins led the team with ERAs of 2.53 and 2.77, respectively. Watkins got the team’s Most Outstanding Pitcher Award. She was a second team All-Ivy selection and ended the season with a 6-10 record. Senior catcher Erin Halpenny and senior third baseman Rachel Murray were named Honorable Mention All-Ivy. Next year, the Crimson will welcome seven freshmen. —Staff writer Elyse N. Hanson can be reached at ehanson@fas.harvard.edu...