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...destined to be a close affair.In yesterday’s highly-anticipated non-league contest at Soldiers Field, Harvard (22-18, 12-4 Ivy) prevailed over local rivals Boston University (26-17) in a slender 1-0 victory.“I thought we played very poised and very competitive??it was a good game,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said. “BU’s a great team and we got [the win] tough.”Showing no signs of complacency after winning the Ancient Eight North Division the previous weekend...
...According to David B. Herzog, director of the Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders at Mass. General Hospital, these traits can have effects that go well beyond intense studying. “Those who put more demands on themselves, are under greater pressure, and are more competitive??like the students who go here—are more conducive to eating disorders,” He says.This could possibly indicate that there are a higher percentage of students at Harvard with eating disorders than at other universities. “There aren’t definite...
...Every year the kids came in and had an open tryout to compete for position and for playing time,” she continued. “It’s competitive??it’s not collective or cooperative...
eRecruiting, variously dubbed “selling your soul” or simply “insane,” is just part of being a Harvard kid. It is extremely competitive??but the eye-rolling, head-shaking on-lookers have misdirected their scorn. It’s the students themselves who choose to make the process what...
...accepts that she isn’t good at “networking” and “self-promotion”—skills essential to landing a job—Peter more pointedly blames the “petty” and “competitive?? student body whose talents make him less marketable. He feels that many of his supposed friends have buttressed their self-esteem through his failure...