Word: contestable
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Krahulik, 29, didn't set out to be a Web cartoonist. In 1998 he and his collaborator, Jerry Holkins, created Penny Arcade to enter a contest run by a video-game magazine. They lost. "Eventually we sent them so many that they told us to stop," says Holkins, 31. "So then we basically just started publishing them online. Typically the route is to go to a syndicate and negotiate for visiting rights to your work. We knew there was no way that was ever going to happen with Penny Arcade." Now their strip, which stars two young...
...Crimson started off slowly in the opening contest, with both teams trading points throughout the beginning of the match. But Harvard edged the Chargers when it went on a solid run, taking a clear lead for the first time in the match...
...Iraq.” The name reading was a relatively quiet counterpart to a rally earlier yesterday afternoon in front of the Science Center. Students from the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) competed to out-chant students from the Harvard Initiative for Peace and Justice (HIPJ). The 10-minute contest ended when HRC stopped yelling slogans. HRC President Jeffrey Kwong ’09 said he wanted to show support for the troops. “We wanted to make sure that students and Harvard community know that the Republican Club is right behind the troops. [Anti-war protestors...
...Because in the race for consumers - er, students- few colleges, no matter how well endowed, are willing to risk their prestige by dropping out of what has become a hugely influential beauty contest, U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings. Like many magazines - this one included - U.S. News compiles lists because, well, readers buy them, but lists can invite gamesmanship. This year, however, a small but growing number of schools are starting to fight back. Or preparing to fight back. O.K., contemplating fighting back. The heads of a dozen private colleges are waiting for the final draft...
...years prior.What followed to conclude the year was a similarly-themed 4-4 record, but an improved Ivy League meant a sympathetic NCAA selection committee, and for the Crimson, its first NCAA tournament birth in a decade.But the 2007 season has taken an entirely different route. Through four contests, Harvard sits at the bottom of the conference standings, the only Ivy League team without a win. And in stark contrast with an ’06 squad captained by a defensemen and a defense-minded midfielder, this year’s Crimson has struggled mightily to find leadership...