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...earned the right to dunk his teammates and monopolize the stereo. A rower since his freshman year of high school, he rowed in the first freshman lightweight boat his first year with the Crimson, placing fourth in the lightweight-four at the Head of the Charles and in the Eastern Sprints. In the fall of his sophomore year, he placed second in the Head of the Charles in the lightweight-eight; in the spring, his lights won a national championship and made the quarterfinals in the Henley Royal Regatta. Last year, Kummer’s varsity lights finished sixth...
Eight official heavyweight national championships. Eight more unofficial crowns from back before people wrote these things down. Twenty-three Eastern Sprints titles...
Given his record, it’s hard to label any of them the most dominant crew he’s ever coached, but last year’s eight would certainly be near the top. After an undefeated run in dual races, Harvard decimated the field at Eastern Sprints, winning by over five seconds...
Still, talk of championships and boat pairings will wait until the spring, long after the last tent is collapsed on the riverside this weekend. The Head of the Charles might be the talk of the fall rowing season, but words like Eastern Sprints and IRAs are the true gauge of rowing excellence...
...administrators pledged to hire more women, Harvard College Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Ruth R. Wisse protested the policy of targeting women over men, saying the “introduction of group preferences” may lead to a “homogenous campus...