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The victory capped off a difficult week for the netmen. On its spring break excursion to California, the team compiled a disappointing 2-4 record. After taking third place in a team tourney at the University of California at Irvine, the squad lost three straight matches to highly regarded UCLA...
It is this kind of stilted foreign diplomancy which Harvard's organized independent basketball team will encounter when it begins a seven day-four game excursion to Scandinavia during spring break.
The excursion will be funded completely by the students, but cut rate discounts on transportation and ground costs will reduce the overall expenses. In addition, fund raisers are planned for the next few weeks.
"We just wanted to let everyone know that Barnard hasn't died, and we're still around," team captain Nora Beck said of her squad excursion.
Launched in 1966 as a charter carrier, Laker Airways jolted competitors in 1977 with its Skytrain round-trip service between New York and London for $236, or almost $200 less than the best excursion fare available on regularly scheduled airlines. Beamed Laker: "This puts transatlantic air travel in the pocket...