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...disadvantage," he says. "We haven't been practicing together for too long and may be kind of rusty," adds Dooley, whose squad just returned to the ice last week after a two-week exam break, though the two recent victories may have restored Harvard's momentum...
Like many winter coaches, Lee regrets the January exam period as it concerns his team's performance. "You cannot lose a lot of weight and study for exams at the same time...
...Food Services to scholars who last revised their lecture notes while consulting for the Eisenhower Administration. We revel in self-pity, especially when forced to digest large quantities of coursework in a short period of time. In Lowell House, some of my colleagues derive a strange pleasure from spending exam periods huddled in the dining hall, comparing the huge castles they have built out of unread history books and scientific manuals...
Savie's tirade sounds hauntingly familiar to those still written in The Crimson and delivered in the Lowell House dining hall during exam period. But it is echoed without conviction. Harvard students accept their role on the assembly line. We do not see evidence of inequity and oppression in the policies of University administrators. We do not translate our self-doubt into a political ideology of dissent. Instead, we strive to overcome doubt with methodical academic workmanship. We define our accomplishments within existing parameters and rarely question those limits...
Even though the icemen had started post-exam practices only two days earlier, they weren't too surprised by their own performance. Some may have thought of the inspired intersession hockey they played against Clarkson two years ago in a last-minute 3-2 loss. But, said Code after Sunday's game, "I knew we were ready because we were really roaring at the end of practice Friday...