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...something every Division I athlete dreams about. Yet, for Kim, this fairy tale has become a reality.Unlike her teammates, Kim did not begin fencing at a young age. She didn’t train at the best fencing facility in the country, nor did she compete competitively. In fact, Kim’s high school did not even have a fencing team. She only fenced recreationally in an afterschool program.“I came here and had to basically learn everything,” Kim said.Her coach, Peter Brand, has watched Kim grow over the last two years...
...news article "Harvard To Delay Allston Construction" incorrectly stated that the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology would first move into vacant office space in the Northwest building before moving to a renovated Sherman-Fairchild building. In fact, department co-chair David T. Scadden said the department will move directly to Sherman-Fairchild, instead of moving to Northwest first...
...well known fact that road trips bring sports teams together. But they also bring beat teams together.This past weekend, the men’s basketball team travelled to Ithaca, New York and New York City to square off against league foes while we—men’s hoops writers Timothy J. Walsh, Dennis Zheng, and myself–sojourned with them. And while the Crimson basketball team suffered two defeats, we experienced the lavish lifestyle of the road.Well, sort of.Cruising to the tunes of T. Pain, Lil’ Wayne and the Goo Goo Dolls, our bro-some...
...that the fact that Chávez’s earlier attempt to end term limits, which was bundled with a group of other minor constitutional changes, failed in a national referendum in late 2007, and a picture emerges of a Venezuelan dictator using a hollow patina of democracy to legitimize his aspirations to hold power for life. Since his victory, Chávez has already revealed his wish to remain in power until 2049, when, at 95, he would be older than his inspiration, Fidel Castro, is today. We’ll see if Venezuela?...
...inauguration and the unprecedented nature of the economic crisis, many of us assumed there would be overwhelming public support for the stimulus package, as indeed there was before the Republicans got in their licks. But we should have learned from the pre-election bailout package that the mere fact that the public is in a panic about economic conditions doesn’t mean that Republicans will easily sign on to remedies that cost unfathomable amounts of money. The October bailout package, indisputably and critically necessary, was opposed by a solid majority of Americans and by a majority of Republican...