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After seven rounds of competition at the Cambridge Queen’s Head, Ausick defeated 21 freshmen with the spelling of “zydeco,” a popular type of music from southern Louisiana featuring washboards and accordions. As his prize, Ausick took home $100 and 100 intramural...
Before the competition began, the contestants—comprising a mix of spelling bee veterans and untrained novices—rifled through enormous dictionaries, quizzing each other on esoteric words.
Ellie L. Hylton ’13 of Wigglesworth said before the competition that she expected her peers to have an excellent command of the English language.
In a telephone press conference from Namibia, Hayes said the participants' advanced age (all were over 80) makes scientists confident that they are unlikely to carry rare genetic variations that lead to fatal disease, so they can focus on more subtle and common variations. Indeed, one of the participants, a...
The competition began on a less intense note, with each college first battling it out locally over a spicy but meatless burrito, complete with Nantucket Nectars. The teams with the fastest times then moved on to the semi-finals and finals at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. There they...