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...stay solvent. Welcome to Brazil. In the home of the world champions--a good bet to defend their title in Germany--where the beautiful game is part of the nation's soul, the professional league is a money-losing shambles, with poorly paid players performing in mostly empty arenas. Except for one team. In Săo Paulo, at Pacaembu Stadium, 35,000 fans are on their feet, pounding samba drums. Legions of shirtless young men are cheering, "Corinthians, my life! Corinthians, my past! Corinthians, my true love!" Above them in the director's box sits the unlikeliest of futebol moguls...
...match on a pair of Crimson attack errors. Despite the loss, Trimble was happy with her last match. “It was a fun way to go out,” she said. “We couldn’t have asked for anything more—except a win.” HARVARD 3, COLUMBIA 0 A focused Crimson squad was efficient and effective Friday night against Columbia (3-23, 0-14), sweeping the Lions, 3-0 (30-22, 30-20, 30-24). Harvard out-hit the Lions in each game and never trailed. Mahon...
...decades, although it's not known how many schools and school districts have imposed such rules. In 1999, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling held schools responsible for creating environments free of harassment among students; that decision then led many lawsuit-averse administrators to ban most forms of student contact - except, of course, for high-contact sports like football and wrestling. Among the most extreme policies is in Vienna, Va., where the Kilmer Middle School has a blanket "No Contact" rule that bans even high-fives. The Fossil Hill Middle School in Fort Worth, Texas, has banned students from hugging...
...beginning to make big waves on the hipster blog circuit as part of pop music’s continuing love affair with Canada. If you’ve never heard of Canada before, that’s okay too. It’s pretty much like the United States except colder, and with better beer and healthcare. Canada’s also home to most of your favorite actors and musicians—the ones with any talent, anyway. Every few months, the indie executives at all the cool and current media outlets make a trip up north together...
...ROTC) color guard, which led the procession out of Tercentenary Theatre. The status of ROTC at Harvard is suspended in a troubled balance of forces, both historical and moral. Today Harvard ROTC students can stand guard over our president, and yet Harvard pretends ROTC isn’t there, except to deny it support...