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Brown took her first loss of the season on the mound while striking out eight and giving up no walks. Quite a few illegal pitches were called by the umpire on Brown and Loyola Marymount’s pitcher Melissa Dykema—much to the surprise of both coaches. Allard attributes Brown’s brief loss of focus to those calls...
Bucknell got the scoring started with a two-run first inning, but the Crimson responded by scoring once in the fourth and twice in the fifth while allowing one run in the fourth to tie the game at three...
Junior Emily Henderson sparked the Harvard offense with a single in the fourth followed by three consecutive stolen bases to score the first Crimson run of the game...
...even further. Our schools still offer teachers lifetime job protection, predominantly lockstep pay systems and seniority rules that reward longevity, not excellence. Our budget hole in New York is so big that we'll probably have to lay off teachers later this year. You know who will be the first to go? Thousands of energetic new teachers - simply because they were the last people hired. Sure, experience matters. But so do skill and energy. We must be able to make staffing decisions based on performance, not just time served. This President has shown an unprecedented willingness to challenge the powerful...
...from an ocean sunset. And of course, the NCAA men's basketball tournament, which tips off on Thursday. Sure, a few fans are irked that their schools got snubbed from the Big Dance. But the tournament itself, with its brackets, buzzer beaters and wall-to-wall ball during the first two days, may be the most delightful sporting event on earth. Even the debate about which teams got shafted is part of the tournament's charm...