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Most natural disasters strike hard and fast. Tornado, hurricane, earthquake, flash fire and flood all do the worst of their worst in violent bursts and spasms. Droughts are different. They have no discernible beginning; no one wakes up of a morning, looks out a window and says, "Uh-oh, here comes a long dry spell." Droughts seem deceptively serene, no more threatening than an endless expanse of blue, cloudless sky. They unfold in slow motion, a tempo ill suited to daily headlines and TV-news reports. Covering one is like sitting around watching the grass not grow. In The Grapes...
During the nine-game drought, injuries plagued the seniors, who had been Harvard's main offensive and defensive weapons; Konik and defensive stalwart Pete McLaughlin were sidelined after the infamous car crash the night before the first Beanpot game, while Holmes and Nielsen battled nagging leg and shoulder injuries...
...beginning of the year, it looked as if the answer were a resounding yes. The Crimson defeated the Bears in their first head-to-head matchup, breaking a four year drought against its Ivy League archenemy...
...Crimson's scoring drought, a concern over a four game stretch where Harvard scored the same number of goals as games, appears over...
...Well it's about time" appears to be the most common response among Harvard students to the newly inaugurated Loker Commons, and we tend to agree. Months of anticipation amid scaffolding and construction barriers and years of social drought ended this month with the unveiling of this new, state-of-the-art student recreational area. Since its opening on Monday, December 4, hundreds of students have already made use of the Commons; it represent nothing less than a brand new dimension to life at Harvard...