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Near the end of the Game, as it became clear that Harvard was to lose, the team, led by recent Undergraduate Council presidential contender Sameer Ferrell '95, made two unsuccessful attempts to get the Calhoun College flag out of the masses of Yalies and into the end zone.
The crowd's chants, as anyone who has ever been to a game (or been an opposing goalie) knows, are loud and frequent. And unlike football, the games matter for national rankings. The Crimson is actually a perennial NCAA contender. In fact, one need look no further than the Bruins...
Sen. Paul Simon, a 1988 presidential contender and Illinois? highest-ranking Democrat, said today he would not seek re-election in 1996. Friends of the bespectacled, bowtied senator, elected in 1984 after serving 10 years in the House, said only that the 65-year-old wasn?t enthusiastic about beginning fundraising...
While longtime Democratic heavy hitter Richard Gephardt of Missouri seems certain to become House minority leader, theparty's future leadershipin the more conservative Senate is far from certain. The likely favorite to succeed Maine's George Mitchell as Senate leader was Jim Sasser of Tennessee, but Sasser was the victim...
"Boston is a likely contender because it has unique advantages," Rowe says. "All the universities are close to each other, it already has the needed housing capabilities. There are a multitude of advantages that the Cambridge-Boston community can offer."