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...season opener, the Harvard field hockey team dropped a 5-0 decision to Massachusetts Sunday afternoon at Jordan Field. The Crimson (0-1) toughed out its first match against the Minutewomen (3-1), already four games deep into their season. “It was our first game and we have a lot to improve on,” co-captain Jana Berglund said. “But the score did not reflect the quality of our play.” Only in practice for a little over a week, Harvard was quickly put to the test. The Minutewomen challenged...
...away,” Hoff said. The co-captain’s goal gave the Crimson a 3-2 lead that was anything but comfortable. Although Harvard had a couple more dangerous opportunities, most of the final 30 minutes was spent in the defensive half of the field, clearing out repeated Ram bids on net. One of Rhode Island’s most threatening chances came on a corner kick late in the game. The crossed ball reached an unguarded Ram waiting on the far post, but his header went just wide and the Crimson was able to hold...
...These are the best of times in the NDE field, with research gathering pace and new insights emerging. University of Virginia psychiatrist Bruce Greyson reported recently on a tantalizing investigation into whether the observations people claim to make during an NDE (details of their resuscitation, the color of a nurse's shoes) are in fact accurate. Meanwhile, University of Kentucky neurophysiologist Kevin Nelson theorizes that NDEs are what can happen when a particular sleep state intrudes on the imperiled brain. "I wouldn't say it's definitive," says Nelson. "But it's an intriguing hypothesis that answers a great deal...
...Nelson's theory has been picked apart by two veterans of the field who could be said to favor a more spiritual view of NDEs. In a recent issue of the Journal of Near-Death Studies, Americans Jeffrey Long and Janice Miner Holden argue that since 40% of NDErs in Nelson's study denied ever having had an episode of REM intrusion, the idea that it underlies NDEs "seems questionable at best...
...know why in the 21st century many of us are still fixated on race--or gender, for the matter. Let's concentrate on the real issues, such as Iraq, affordable health care, balancing the budget and fixing Social Security. Let's also celebrate the exciting field of candidates we have on both sides for a change...