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...just dumbfounded.” “Why would OK Go do this?” lamented Jocelyn R. Sedlet ’10. Members of OK Go told The Crimson that they were equally surprised to be participating in the contest. “They just asked us to come here for an honorary membership, and they didn’t tell us any of the rest,” said guitarist Andy Ross, who told the audience that his interests include “kicking Harvard ass and taking names.” Drummer Dan Konopka said...
...Free position shots meant everything to Harvard in the final minutes. Schoen scored her fifth of the game off a free position shot, before the Bears’ DeTolla tied the game for the last time. Finally, Simmons drew a foul with only 28 seconds remaining in the contest. “I didn’t really get emotional until the last minute,” Barlow said. “But there was nobody in this world I would rather have take the ball [than Simmons]. She’s always so poised under pressure...
...York Times’s daily crossword, and Kyle A. Mahowald ’09—the Harvard College Crossword Society’s founder and president—interned with him last summer. “Kyle raised the idea of doing a crossword contest at Harvard, and I thought it was a great idea,” said Shortz. Shortz founded the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (ACPT), after which this tournament was modeled. At the age of 17, Mahowald was the youngest person to ever have a Sunday crossword published in The New York Times. He recently...
...really the difference maker,” Barlow said. “When we started getting the draw in the last 10 minutes of the game, we started scoring goals.” Harvard plays its final game of the season Wednesday at Brown. Barlow believes the final contest of her career will be close, but anticipates a Crimson triumph. “Going into Brown, I think everyone is feeling pretty good, feeling pretty positive,” she said. “I think we’re matched up pretty evenly skill-wise, but we just want...
...Rolfe Division. On Saturday, those pitchers were reliable in the first game, but faltered in the nightcap, forcing a split with the Big Green and all but dashing the Crimson’s playoff hopes. Harvard fell, 9-6, in game two after taking the first contest, 4-0, at Red Rolfe Field in Hanover, N.H. Division-leading Brown beat Yale twice Saturday to take a two-game lead over the Crimson with two games remaining. “A split is not what we needed,” Harvard coach Joe Walsh said. “We needed...