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...have to choose between corruption and incompetence on something this important," says veteran political consultant C.B. Forgotston, once a Nagin backer. "If Nagin remains in charge, the city simply will never get rebuilt." The debate over his performance is hardly academic. In February, Nagin faces a re-election contest that will help determine the trajectory of New Orleans' revival. If Nagin can't convince enough of his displaced supporters that they should return home (he estimates that New Orleans' population could eventually be halved, to about 250,000), the city's recovery--and Nagin's political future--may well...
...Harvard women’s soccer team’s contest against Brown yesterday, co-captain goalie Katie Shields added not one but two ties to her resume—one on the field, and one in the record books.The former was of the scoreless variety, as the Crimson (6-3-3, 1-1-2 Ivy) was unable to break through the defense of the Bears (5-7-1, 1-2-1), while Shields made five saves to stymie Brown.The latter was of the record-tying sort—with nine shutouts this season, Shields now shares the school record...
...week after Lafayette tailback Jonathan Hurt won Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week honors with a 149-yard, two-touchdown performance, the Crimson defense held him to just nine yards on five carries. The Leopards, who averaged 170.5 rushing yards per game heading into Saturday’s contest, were limited to 43 yards on the ground and suffered 10 tackles for loss. “We have a lot of pride in our run defense,” Murphy said. “We want to just at all costs force people to throw the football...
...game was affected.The game between Columbia and Princeton—the two other 0-2 teams sitting at the bottom of the conference with Harvard—was postponed due to heavy rain.As with the Crimson’s quandary on Ohiri Field, Yale had to postpone its contest against Cornell to yesterday.Unlike with Harvard, the Bulldogs held serve at home by handing the Big Red its first Ivy loss of the season. In the 2-0 victory, Yale’s Alex Munns scored two goals and put himself amongst the league leaders in that category.Elsewhere, Penn broke Dartmouth?...
...Voith said. “The first game we didn’t shoot that well, and the second game we got as many opportunities, [but] our shots were just going in,” Garcia said. In the net, senior Robbie Burmeister totaled 17 saves in the contest, while Byrd, freshman David Tune, and freshman Danny Bilotti each had two steals for the Crimson. HARVARD 5, IONA 2 In the first game, sophomore Chris Ludwick and Tune each netted a pair of goals as the Crimson did just enough on offense to defeat the Gaels. The offense was keyed...