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...behind the Bulldogs at the GEICO Intercollegiate, edging them at the Spring Opener in New Haven, and finishing behind them at the Princeton Invitational. At the Yale Spring Opener, where Ivy foe Dartmouth was also present, the Crimson placed first overall. In the Princeton Invitational last weekend, Harvard finished eighth behind Yale, Penn, Columbia, and Princeton, but the Crimson was not playing with its regular squad. But with this weekend’s play, Harvard collectively finished +28, behind the Lions’ +10, the Quakers’ +11, the Big Green’s +16, the Bulldogs?...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Struggles in Ivy Championships | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...Squeaking into the Eastern Championships at the eighth seed after finishing third in its division, the Crimson beat out other fringe teams and received the invite to play on home turf against top seeded No. 14 Hartwick as part of a three-game tournament...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Gets Win at Tourney | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...learning. However, Ferriss argues that by shunning grammar and exercises leveraging one's native language, Rosetta Stone slows the learning process. "There's a real benefit to having the right dose of grammatical awareness, as well as English explanation," says Ferriss, whose book, The 4-Hour Workweek, is currently eighth on the New York Times business best-seller list. "The idea that you can learn honorific speech in Japanese without English explanation, for example, is, to me, handicapping. Rosetta Stone's method is effective. But it shouldn't be positioned as perfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rosetta Stone: Speaking Wall Street's Language | 4/25/2009 | See Source »

...EIVA Hay) ended its successful turnaround season last night, falling 3-1 (29-31, 33-31, 19-30, 26-20) in the first round of the EIVA playoffs to George Mason (12-15, 5-7 EIVA Tait Division) at the Field House in Fairfax, VA. The eighth-seeded Crimson was led by co-captains Brady Weissbourd’s 23 kills and junior Gil Weintraub’s 56 assists...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Volleyball Ends Season With Loss to George Mason | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...eighth term, Harman has earned a reputation as a supporter of a diverse set of causes, from abortion rights and wiretapping to Israel and national defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California Rep. Jane Harman | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

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