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...oldest and most fundamental ratios in mathematics, was in fact celebrated only by a sad few. Across the city, lonely revelers--careful not to be seen together, lest their full nerddom be revealed--raised their tankards 3.14 times in silent commemoration. The Mathematics Department held a pie-eating contest, only perpetuating the trend that remembers our most famous ratio only through popular baked goods. I did not attend out of protest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartboard | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

Harvard can advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994 with a pair of victories in this weekend's ECAC Championship in Lake Placid, beginning with this afternoon's 4 p.m. contest against Cornell...

Author: By Elijah M. Alper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Meets Cornell in Lake Placid | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...What really distresses me is if the Summer Academy is sort of looked at as a consolation prize in a contest between Boston and Cambridge," Grogan said. "I don't want [Galluccio] to feel, anyone to feel, anyone to misinterpret this as throwing a little bone to Cambridge while we're doing something big in Boston...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mayor Frustrated By University Missteps On Cambridge Initiative | 3/15/2001 | See Source »

Unfortunately for the Crimson, however, it had begun training later than most other teams and thus had significantly fewer games under its belt heading into the contest. As a result, Harvard found itself initially unable to cope with the team speed, quick reactions, and anticipation of the Bears (9-5) and gave up two counter-attack, breakaway goals before the first quarter came to a close...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Undefeated W. Water Polo Edges Brown, 6-5 | 3/15/2001 | See Source »

While the offense scored just enough to win, the contest was the Crimson's "best defensive game I remember," according to McCarthy. Brown did not even get off a shot from the hole set, with all its goals coming from the perimeter and on breakaways...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Undefeated W. Water Polo Edges Brown, 6-5 | 3/15/2001 | See Source »

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