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...Crimson (7-7) dropped its last two games of the non-conference slate at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center Holiday Invitational in Atlanta, Ga., losing to Kennesaw State and Chicago State in back-to-back games...
...opponent forfeited the deciding bout. Also wrestling for the Crimson were freshman Craig Carpenter (157), sophomore Andrew Knapp (285), and seniors Bobby Latessa (157) and Matt Button (165). Button managed to record two wins for Harvard following a first-round defeat in overtime. Button bested Troy Carlson of Chicago, 10-7, and garnered a major decision against Alex Reser of Oregon State before falling to third seed Moza Fay of Northern Iowa. Junior Andrew Flanagan (165), who finished fourth at Midlands last year, had been slated to compete for the first time this season after an eye injury...
...Mexican public was particularly shocked by the slaying of singer Sergio Gomez, who founded his band K Paz de la Sierra while he was an immigrant in Chicago. He had scored a recent hit with Pero Te Vas a Repentir, or "But You Will Have Regrets," a love song so catchy that half the country was humming it. Gomez was abducted after a concert in his native Michoacan state, beaten and burned and then strangled with a plastic cord...
Thousands mourned him at sprawling wakes in Michoacan, Mexico City and Chicago, where he was finally laid to rest. "Being a fan of Gomez, this news really makes me sad," Mexico City Police Chief Joel Ortega said during the wake here. "These things shouldn't happen in our country. Whatever the causes were, it is very sad. He was an extraordinary vocalist...
...frowned upon by the African-American community for not being "black enough." What does that mean? Don't African Americans understand that comments like this perpetuate stereotypes? Let's get over ourselves and let the right person for the job lead this country in the right direction. Maria Medina, CHICAGO...