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...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...
...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...
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...
...this five-team tournament in the Big Apple, the reigning NCAA National Champion men’s team went 5-0, defeating NYU 20-7, Rutgers 17-10, UNC 21-6, and Penn State 14-13. The women’s team routed the Violets 24-3, the Scarlet Knights 23-4, and the Tar Heels 22-5, before falling to the Nittany Lions...
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...