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This ambitious experiment in carbon sequestration landed in Iceland after scientists from Columbia University approached Grimsson. (The University of Iceland, the University of Toulouse and Reykjavík Energy are the other partners.) Grimsson traces his interest in climate change to the 1980s, when he met a fellow legislator who saw trouble on the horizon: Al Gore. Back home, Grimsson, 63, has witnessed Iceland's conversion from a coal-dependent economy to a nation that gets most of its heat from clean, renewable geothermal resources. "My job as a young boy was to get the coal for the house...
...qualified just nine fencers for nationals, a number mathematically insufficient to allow the team to repeat. But two at-large bids later the Crimson looked to have a shot at the nation’s strongest 12-person teams—Penn State, St. John’s, and Columbia. The Nittany Lions’ 194 wins blew the competition away, easily surpassing second-place St. John’s (176). Columbia (169), Notre Dame (160), and Ohio State (144) rounded out the top five. Harvard finished sixth with with 123. Hagamen locked up his first individual medal...
Even with the two late additions, the Crimson travels with only 11 fencers, while St. John’s, Columbia, and Penn State boast full 12-person teams. Although mathematically possible for Harvard to repeat its title as national champions, it will be hard to garner the points necessary to defeat the larger squads...
Harvard then heads north for the onset of the Ivy League season, getting a taste of the Gehrig division with double-headers Saturday and Sunday as it travels to Philadelphia to play Penn and then to New York to face Columbia...
After Penn, Harvard travels to New York to take on the Lions. Columbia (4-9-1) is struggling again in 2007 after finishing tied for last in the Gehrig Division last year. But it is getting some outstanding production from veteran outfielder Andrew Ward, who is batting .417 with two homers...