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Have we in our 'old age' forgotten the importance of this kind of education and participation in our society? The fact that as Harvard students we obsess over athletics and academics and nothing more seems to indicate so. In order to gain some of the valuable education and experience in life, we need to step outside of the classroom and learn to deal with what happens outside of a lecture hall or a lacrosse field...
...scrum." A scrum looks like a giant, violent, amalgamated huddle. During a scrum, both teams form semi-circles and surround the ball on opposite sides. The ball is then rolled into the middle of the teams, and each side tries to push the other side off the ball and gain possession of the ball...
...rest of Harvard's year will be fueled by pride and will be mostly used as a foundation for next year. The Crimson has six regular season games left, and hopes to gain some confidence by winning the close ones...
...Championships, held in Midland, TX, attract the best divers--both collegiate and non-collegiate--in the nation. The event is a semi-yearly opportunity to gain points (which are accumulated by finishing in the top eight at national tournaments) in the national rankings. If a diver can accumulate four points, she is sent to the 1996 Olympic Trials...
EVERY DECENT CITIZEN IS SURELY AFFRONTED by the picture of Asahara on your cover. It may sell magazines, but doesn't the press have a moral responsibility not to glamourize terrorism? Rest assured that your choice of cover picture will inspire like-minded individuals to gain worldwide publicity by perpetrating their own acts of terror...