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...Boston College abruptly rescinded two student groups' invitation to former Weather Underground member William Ayers to speak on campus. The spokesman for BC said he had no clue Ayers was due to speak until the Boston Herald told him so—and shortly thereafter, the event was canceled. But indefatigable student organizers are trying to get the founding member of the violent, radical left organization to speak off-campus...
...those other schools is very encouraging.” The squad’s overall performance was especially impressive considering UCLA is the nation’s top-ranked team, and Berkeley and Stanford are both within the top 25. In fact, although it was not officially a team event, if the tournament had been scored in the usual team format, the Crimson would have placed second, merely two strokes behind UCLA. Senior Emily Balmert led the way for Harvard, shooting a two-over 74, good for a tie for third place. Compiling a solid scorecard of two birdies...
...NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. Senior butterfly standout Bill Jones returned to NCAAs for the second straight year, while junior distance go-to man Alex Meyer made his first appearance at the championships. Jones raced in the two events that have set him apart from the competition this past season—his signature 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly. Jones placed 28th in the 100-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 47.11 and marking an improvement on his 47.35 time from 2008. Jones also competed in the 200-yard butterfly...
...University and the 27th Annual Victor Lopez Bayou Classic at Rice University.“Overall it was a great trip,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said. “We brought a pretty large contingent down to Texas. We had a number of athletes who were event winners and who qualified for regionals. As a group, we took another step with this trip, and we are just really excited to get the [spring] season underway.”BAYOU CLASSICAt the Bayou Classic this past weekend, the Crimson faced teams from around Texas and from across...
This is the second year in a row that WWF has helped run a worldwide Earth Hour - the event began two years ago just in Australia) -- and participation has grown tremendously, from 400 cities in 2008 to some 4,000 this year. The image, at least, will be spectacular - monuments and skyscrapers switching off, a ring of darkness passing across the face of the planet. Though WWF is loosely overseeing Earth Hour, the protest - for lack of a better term - is a product of the age of social media, organized at the grassroots, with word spreading via Twitter and Facebook...