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Hundreds of thousands of Russians were glued to their television sets last Saturday for an event that they treat with almost as much gravity as an international sporting match or a presidential address. It was the finals to choose Russia's contestant in the Eurovision contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eurovision in Russia: Politics and Pop Music | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...free-position score at 8:10. Nunn’s final tally a minute later extended the Bears’ lead, but the gap shrank to 9-8 on Bancroft’s second goal of the game. The Crimson would be held scoreless for the rest of the contest, and the Bears finished on a three-goal run to secure their first Ivy League win of the season. The statistics present a telling tale of the tape, as Harvard went 10-21 on clears and was outshot by the hosts, 19-35. “We didn?...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Drops Match to Brown in Lackluster Team Performance | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

...stretch of Southern games, it knew the risks of playing strong teams in midseason form. Harvard baseball (1-7) has benefited from challenging such high level competition in preparation for the Ivy season, but after a disheartening weekend—in which the Crimson dropped all four of its contests against UAB in Pensacola, Fla. and Birmingham, Ala.—the squad is looking to regroup and find its stride.“Honestly, [the weekend] was pretty disappointing,” freshman starter Brent Suter said. “We should have been more competitive, but we?...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Gets Swept by UAB in Trip to South | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

...with carefully selected themes ranging from “Jungle Olympics” to, most recently, “Dinoswhores and Brobots.” Some houses only have enough spirit for intramural competitions (*cough* Winthrop *cough*). Mather, however, focuses its energy on the Louie Cup, a Mather-only contest spanning the year and involving such feats of endurance and displays of talent as competitive coin-flipping, staring contests, paper-airplane making, and “detecting that there is not in fact a Louie Cup event this week.” Finally, because every Mather suite is a party...

Author: By Meredith C. Baker and Cara K. Fahey | Title: The Housing Crisis: Mather House | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

Tonight, the Harvard men’s lacrosse team will face Hartford (0-3) as it attempts to bounce back from a disappointing loss last weekend when the Crimson dropped a 7-3 contest to then-No. 19/17 Massachusetts...

Author: By Eric L. Michel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Seeks To Get Back On Winning Track | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

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