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...Early. Very early. Is the sun even up at 4:45? Porter could tell you because he wakes up this early every morning. “I rarely if ever use an alarm clock. I rely on my body to let me know how much sleep it needs...
...friends have started making lists. Not the usual late-October variety: buy Thanksgiving ticket home, start attending Lit and Arts B section, finally pick up course pack from Gnomon. No, these lists have more of a doomsday quality, a sense that they signify some clock ticking down to a college apocalypse—a clock that is just beginning to become audible. These lists have titles written in red, sometimes underlined twice. And rather than being creased and tucked into the back pocket of one’s blue jeans, they have made their way to the marquis of college...
...onside kick, opting to give the Lions the ball back. On third-and-eight, needing a first down to clinch the victory, Lion wide receiver Doug Peck picked up the critical yardage and the new set of downs on a pass from McCall, allowing Columbia to run out the clock...
...bolted for the score, extending the football as far as he could, only to have it knocked loose at the goal line by sophomore strong safety Sam Snyder, leaving spectators in stunned silence. Senior linebacker Bob Farrell recovered the ball at the one, and Princeton then ran out the clock, ending Harvard’s hopes for the time...
With the Tigers packed into the defensive end, the Crimson continued to move forward and create scoring opportunities. As the final seconds of the first half ticked off the clock freshman midfielder Alisha Moran found herself in alone on Tiger goalkeeper Catherine Glenn. Moran pushed the ball too far ahead of her, giving Glenn the chancee she needed to sprint off her line and cut down the angle. She made the tough save just before the buzzer sounded...