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Starting this weekend, when Harvard hosts its Fall Invitational, tennis fans will be treated to many new faces and old faces in new places. Gone are John Doran and Joe Green, the Dublin Duo that captained last year's team. Gone, too, are the five straight Ivy League titles that made the Crimson one of the preeminent college teams in the country. And, perhaps most surprising of all, gone also is Dave Lingman, who had such a successful freshman season last year that he decided to go pro this summer...
...more recent example: in 1996 the whole world east of Dublin and west of the Shannon doubted that Irish swimmer Michelle Smith was clean, as a hulking version of her prior self had lowered her times astonishingly. Her success coincided with her marriage to a former discus thrower from the Netherlands who had been kicked out of his own sport as a drug cheat. But Smith won four medals in Atlanta, three of them gold, while passing all her exams. She then dodged random testing for two years before being confronted one dawn at her County Kilkenny home. She reluctantly...
Similarly, we have found that our mere presence as Harvard affiliates is often expected to add legitimacy to an event. For example, upon arriving at a July 4 concert for the Irish Embassy in Dublin, we were greeted with a host of photographers who--after realizing that we were Harvard students--maneuvered us into their "perfect picture": Harvard students clad in white tie and tails, holding an American flag, welcoming the U.S. Ambassador. Even Ambassador Michael Sullivan commented that he had never looked so good in a picture...
...Bishop Michael Cox, the leader of a tiny religious sect. However, O'Connor hasn't quite joined mainstream Catholicism. Cox has come under fire in the past for reportedly offering confession over the telephone. And according to Des Cryan, assistant director of the Catholic Press and Information Office in Dublin, Cox's "holy orders are not recognized by the Catholic Church in Ireland." Besides which, Cryan adds, "the Catholic Church does not ordain women to the priesthood...
...want to have as many jobs as I can before I'm 30, learn as much as I can, travel a lot--maybe with the Peace Corps--raise a family, and own a small business." She also is thinking about getting a masters in Business at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland...