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...Crimson offense-which hit for a league-worst .258 average last year-was rejuvenated in 2001. Junior third baseman Nick Carter emerged as one of the finest all-around hitters in New England, leading the team in almost every offensive category. Shortstop Mark Mager was again a hit machine, batting .343 on the year. Senior Joe Llanes and sophomore Brian Lentz both scored and knocked in at least 20 runs apiece, while junior outfielder Javy Lopez bounced back from a devastating freshman-year eye injury...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Falls From Glory | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...these respects, Harvard undergraduates are ideal. They usually have real knowledge and passion. They want to engage, if one will only let them. They are not afraid to ask questions, to risk interpretations, to read poems aloud and to listen. So my finest experiences since 1991 teaching (briefly) lyric poetry to first-year students at Harvard have been whipped cream on top of chocolate cake. For those who wonder whether education is alive and well, or who question whether the future will be in good hands, I exhort them to come, to watch and to listen to our students...

Author: By Neil L. Rudenstine, | Title: Books, Buildings, and the Yard | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...could not hold change at bay forever. The stately buildings, home to some of the worlds finest legal scholars, hide the revolution—spurred partly by outside competition and unhappy students—that is now occurring within...

Author: By William M. Rasmussen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Law Gets a New Face | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

...Former Harvard President Derek Bok called Bell "one of the finest human beings I have been privileged to know during my 40 years at Harvard...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In Memoriam | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

Combining this trendy form of in-season cross training with the more traditional workouts, coach Satinder Bajwa's team found a formula for success and once again proved itself to be one of the nation's finest...

Author: By Jared R. Small, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Squash Earns Ivy Title | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

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