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...would really tank it. Here he showed what he can really do.” The men also won in the epee by a count of 6-3. Ungar easily dispelled the competition, winning all three of his bouts and only getting touched twice. Ungar is the reigning NCAA champion in the epee and won a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships last year. “He’s the best epee fencer in the country right now,” Brand said. The only weak point in the match for the Crimson came from the men?...

Author: By Loren Amor, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Judges Adjourned as Harvard Squads Earn Win | 12/8/2006 | See Source »

...himself, the coach is one of Cross’s biggest supporters. He pushed her to compete internationally even when she, herself, was unsure she could do it. But according to Brand the Olympic leave has been a long time coming. Cross is the back-to-back Junior World Champion, and is currently first in the National Senior Foil rankings. Her performances internationally have proved her potential worth as an asset to the U.S. squad. It was solely up to Cross to realize how valuable she is to the national team. Now that she has done so the path begins...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cross Takes Time Off to Ready for Olympics | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...prestigious as the scholarships are, however, they do not boast an innocent history. When Cecil J. Rhodes died in 1902, he left behind the endowment that funds his namesake scholarships to this day and a legacy of exploitation in Southern Africa, where he made a fortune mining diamonds. A champion of British colonialism, Rhodes supported military expansions of British influence in Africa, earning the condemnation of many of his contemporaries. Does the fact that the scholarships are funded from the coffers of Rhodes’ imperialist tendencies somehow diminish the award? “What people do with the scholarship...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rhodes: He Could’ve Been Worse! | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

What’s harder: cooking a meal where every dish must include onion, or trying to convince Annenberg mainstay and campus celebrity Domna Antoniu that it actually tastes good? Defending champion Harvard RAZA did both, once again claiming the title of “Iron Chef” in the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association (HRCSA)’s third annual cook-off on Saturday night in a packed Winthrop House Junior Common Room. Returning competitors Fuerza Latina, HRCSA, and RAZA were joined by rookies from the Black Students Association (BSA) and the Italian American Association as they...

Author: By Jennifer Ding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Groups Clash in ‘Iron Chef’ Cook-Off | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

Saturday marked junior Emily Cross’ first tournament absence since she withdrew from the team to train for the 2008 Olympic Games. Cross, a two-time junior world champion in the foil, was expected to represent a big loss to the squad...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Teams Split With Lions | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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