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...Mary (12-9) and Old Dominion (15-9), respectively.With only one point the difference in the two keenly-contested fixtures, it was a contrast not quite as vivid as tribalism and royalty.“We were outclassed in the doubles, which we thought we might be, and we fought incredibly hard in the singles,” head coach Dave Fish ’72 said. “I thought it was a great weekend of tennis.”In the absence of sophomore Alexei Chijoff-Evans due to illness and senior Sasha Ermakov due to injury...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Splits Time in Virginia | 3/15/2009 | See Source »

...first overtime. Martin took the last shot with three seconds left, but ultimately did not put it away.In the next three-minute segment, Petropulous controlled the draw again, but the Wildcats overpowered the Crimson, adding an insurance goal with only ten seconds left to seal the match.The hard-fought game against such a highly ranked opponent left Harvard optimistic and looking forward to the rest of the season.“We were solid all around,” Petropulous said, “and those little things that we missed are what we need to work on, but overall...

Author: By Kerry E. Kartsonis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Comes Up Short Against Wildcats | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...Rycroft fought back her tears and Mesnick turned to Malaney, the show's fans took to the Internet in a rage, decrying Mesnick as a "jackass," "playboy" and "bastard." It was clear that this particular chapter of reality TV struck some as a little too real. Yet creator and executive producer Mike Fleiss says the fireworks of March 2 reflected the best, not the worst, of the genre. "I'm not really surprised by this; it's just a sign that the show is working," he tells TIME. "That's really your job, to create television that the whole country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defending The Bachelor | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...hard-fought success story out of the Salaam Bombay! cast was Raju Barnad, who at age 8 played Keera. Recalls the movie's cinematographer, Sandi Sissel: "He was tiny, and we all thought he was about five years old. He slept outside my guest-room door each night, and ultimately I invited him inside to bathe and sleep on a cot." Growing attached to the child, Sissel enrolled him in a Missionaries of Charity school for street children. She also sent money to the boy's mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Happen to Slumdog's Child Stars? | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

...deep sense of alienation from Indian society has developed among young Tibetans. "Many Indians see Tibetans as parasites," says Jigme. "They look down on us. I tell such people that Tibetan forces fought alongside Indians in the 1971 war [against Pakistan] in Kargil. They are present on the Siachen glacier [facing off against the Pakistani military.]" Jigme says he feels a sense of pride in the fact that his grandfather worked with a secret military force under the Indian government, but adds, "I still feel like we are people of nowhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tibetan Exiles: A Generation in Peril | 3/10/2009 | See Source »

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