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...three—freshman No. 1 Lily Lorentzen, junior No. 2 Kyla Grigg, and sophomore No. 3 Supriya Balsekar—all swept their Big Red opponents with little difficulty. Junior No. 5 Audrey Duboc had her customary vocal cheering section on hand to see her defeat Allison Laycob 3-0. “I like to rally the troops for matches, get everyone down here,” Duboc said. “It’s fun to have an amped-up crowd behind you...when the caliber’s not as high, it?...
...legal battles for Koh and his students, however, were far from over. Bush changed tactics, and the Coast Guard started sending Haitians home without stopping at Guantánamo. In a defeat for the Yale team, the Supreme Court eventually upheld the Bush policy. Koh also had to juggle a separate case before Johnson that urged the release of the remaining HIV-positive refugees, including Pascal, from the squalid conditions on the naval base...
...Harvard men’s basketball team hasn’t been accustomed to setting records in recent years. But after Wednesday night’s win against UNH, the Crimson, at 5-0, is off to its best start since the 1997-98 season. If it can defeat Central Connecticut State tomorrow afternoon, Harvard will have had its best season-opening run in more than 20 years, since the 1984-85 campaign. “It’s obviously a great start,” junior center Brian Cusworth said after Wednesday night’s win against...
Only six students attended the introductory meeting for the Harvard chapter of Law Students Against Alito last night—but the chapter’s leaders say they have ambitious plans both to help defeat Samuel A. Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court and to help promote a progressive judicial philosophy on campus...
Taking time off for any type of reason removes the veneer of perfection and normalcy of Harvard. Taking time off for academic or emotional reasons, in particular, shakes the notion that everyone at Harvard can handle the stress the College dishes out. Admitting and accepting defeat, even failure, is a brave act, especially at success-saturated Harvard. “To some degree, taking time off is as courageous as staying here. Staying here is the default,” says Kargere...