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...fans in attendance probably expected to see an easy win for the Crimson.After all, given that Harvard came into the game a perfect 22-0-0 in conference play, ranked No.1 in the country and the top seed in the ECAC playoffs, the prospect of facing the eighth-seeded Big Red—a sub-.500 team that the Crimson defeated twice in the regular season—would seem to be far from a daunting challenge to the outside observer.But Harvard coach Katey Stone knew better.“I expected a really close game,” Stone...
...weeks ago in Oxnard, Calif., Lawrence King—an eighth-grader who had recently come out as gay and had begun wearing makeup and dressing like a woman—was shot in the head by a 14-year-old classmate. While crimes motivated by homophobia are unfortunately not unheard of, this incident struck many as particularly disturbing. This murder at a middle school in a comfortable, middle-class beach community has been classified as a hate crime for which the perpetrator—who is being tried as an adult—faces up to 52 years...
...presidential campaign for his view of teaching evolution, but has evaded the issue. "It is interesting that question would even be asked of someone running for President of the United States," Huckabee responded in a presidential debate last June. "I am not planning on writing the curriculum for an eighth grade science book - I am asking for the opportunity to be President of the United States...
Another noteworthy fact from the survey was a steep decline in fundraising at Yale. The school saw donations drop by 9.7 percent from 2006 to 2007, which resulted in a drop from third to eighth place...
...England Championships, the men’s and women’s teams are looking to make tracks in the Heptagonal pool. At last year’s indoor Heps, the women finished in the middle of the pack with just 50 points, while the men had a disappointing eighth-place finish in the two-day tournament. So how do the Harvard student-athletes plan to put forth their best foot for this upcoming weekend? “We’re going to take care of our business and we’ll do well,” Holmquest...