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...Lions was her sixth of the season. She is tied for the Crimson lead and is fifth in the Ivy League in scoring this season. Columbia tied the game 1-1 early in the second half, but neither team could earn the game-winner in regular time. The contest moved into extra time. With less than a minute left in the second overtime, Hagner received a ball up top and played it through the defense to freshman Melanie Baskind. The pass allowed Baskind to advance toward goal on a breakaway. Before she could shoot, however, the freshman was fouled...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Hagner Sparks Offensive Attack in Win | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...Crimson heads to Penn this Saturday for the final game of its regular season, taking with it hopes for an Ivy League championship. The matchup, which may be the most pressure-filled contest of the year, will determine whether Harvard or the Quakers end the season with an Ivy League title to their name...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Seeks To Land Ivy Title | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...addition to the clear difficulties a strong Quaker team will present the Harvard men, the pressure of the matchup could also intensify the upcoming contest. With the stakes high and an entire season of work dependent on the outcome of a single game, there is no room for error...

Author: By Alexandra J. Mihalek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Seeks To Land Ivy Title | 11/12/2008 | See Source »

...took up her violin to round out “Julie’s Waltz,” named for Julie M. Wright ’11, who played piano and percussion back-up for the band.Though they did not yet know that they would walk away from the contest with the opportunity to record an album with Veritas, the trio knew they needed to figure out how to identify their band.“We went to bandnamegenerator.com,” O’Neill said, which produced results such as Pear Tree at Point?...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Battle of the Bands | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

...real national figures who are serious alternatives. He could conceivably run against a largely symbolic opposition, as Yasser Arafat did in the Palestinian elections of 1996. Although there was an opposition candidate, the main opposition - Hamas - stayed out of the race. So, too, would the Taliban, and the political contest would be between voting and boycotting an election associated with an increasingly unpopular foreign military presence. On the other hand, a renewed Western focus on creating a more viable Afghan government as the anchor for its counterinsurgency strategy may yet see other candidates step forward to challenge Karzai. But more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Obama's Win Will Affect Middle East Elections | 11/10/2008 | See Source »

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