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...nationally. That should be high enough for a 14th seed in the tourney. With more tournament upsets and some favoritism from the selection committee, the Crimson could even manage a 13th seed. Such a high seed allows Harvard to avoid powerhouses such as UConn, Tennessee, Stanford, Duke and Oklahoma in the first round...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yesterday’s Victory Should Give Harvard Higher Seed | 3/6/2002 | See Source »

...been true. A Montreal museum canceled a show of Muslim artists right after the attacks but reinstated it after public outcry. Several small galleries quickly put together exhibitions, including the Honolulu Academy of Art, which had planned to open an Islamic gallery late in 2002 with work from Doris Duke's collection but rushed out an exhibition of its own works last November. And the Los Angeles County Museum of Art last week announced the acquisition of the Madina Collection, which will make LACMA's the third largest Islamic art collection in the U.S. But it's not just galleries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotlight on Islamic Art | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...shouldn’t be waiting until the night before the lecture to request his course materials from library reserves. If he had made his fair use copies earlier, I am sure he could find a time when he wouldn’t have to duke it out with his fellow students. He expects someone to go through the trouble and expense of creating a custom text and then set up a copier for him to use to copy it for free—and make 50 originals available so that there would be no lines, no waiting. Who does...

Author: By Anne E. Risgin, | Title: Cheap Reading Has High Price in Long Run | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...Harvard had shown it could compete at the highest national level when it hosted No. 2 Duke last weekend at the Murr Tennis Center. The Crimson was just barely edged out 4-3 by the Blue Devils...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 39 W. Tennis Sweeps BU, UMass | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...Denmark. Badminton was first observed by British army personnel in occupied India circa 1850, where—called “Poona”—it had existed for centuries. Entranced by the game, the soldiers brought it home. As lore has it, one afternoon the Duke of Beaufort was having a party at his estate, named “Badminton,” where poona was being played. Needless to say, the guests adored the new game and several monocles were shattered in bewildered amusement at the flying “battledore,” which...

Author: By M.n. Fitzerman-blue, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Balls of Feathers, Shuttlecocks of Steel | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

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