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...embarrassed and appalled to read the comments made by men's indoor track co-captain Joe Ciollo after Harvard's convincing 118-26 defeat of Boston College (Sports, Dec. 7). I would have hoped that Ciollo would have let his team's performance speak for itself; unfortunately he exercised no such caution...
Brown (5-1-3, 5-1-3)--the lone team to defeat Harvard this year--sits directly behind Princeton in the standings, trailing by just a single point. The Bears, winners of two straight conference games, head into the break with the momentum needed to win the ECAC crown...
Fifty-seven years later, the Crimson (2-8-1, 0-8-1 ECAC) finds itself with a similar record but in a much different predicament. Two home losses last weekend--a 2-1 setback Friday against Clarkson and a 5-1 defeat the next evening at the hands of St. Lawrence--leave Harvard in the midst of a downward spiral rivaled only by that disastrous team of 1940-41. CLARKSON 2 HARVARD 1 ST. LAWRENCE 5 HARVARD...
...scoreboard revealed the final result--a 20-12 loss for the women and a 23-4 defeat for the men. HARVARD 4 COLUMBIA 23 HARVARD 12 COLUMBIA...
...sight of the truly bad leads one to consider skipping the meal. My experience from the dining halls is a little removed at the moment, as I am spending this year abroad, but I know reaching into the freezer for dinner here in the apartment is the sign of defeat even before calculating the fat and salt numbers. And so I indulge my obsession: bringing home expensive bottles of balsamic vinegar and olive oil, searching around for pure vanilla, buying pine nuts and an array of spatulas my roommate can't tell apart...