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...experienced the highest of highs—a 6-5 win over Cornell on April 4 to hand the Big Red its first Ivy loss, a dominant sweep of Brown last Sunday in which the offense put up 23 runs, taking two from the Big Green in Hanover to gain the division lead—and the lowest of lows...
...came back to score two back-to-back goals to take a 2-1 lead. Before long, Halpern put another two goals in the back of the net, recording her 11th hat trick of the season. After Cornell tied the score back up at three, the Crimson rallied to gain a five-goal lead with a little more then 12 minutes remaining in the first half. Junior tri-captain Sara Flood added two goals for Harvard, while captain Shannon Flynn, freshman Tyler Petropulos, and Martin each notched a tally in the five-goal streak. Halpern and freshman Katie Doherty each...
With many collegiate sports, allocation of playing time poses a difficulty—balancing quality performers with those who need to gain experience. Fortunately for the Harvard track and field team, the spring season offers a plethora of open lanes. The Crimson kept a busy schedule this past weekend, sending competitors to the Penn Relays on Thursday, the Drake Relays Friday and Saturday, and the UMass Preconference Meet Saturday. Numerous members of the squad were able to compete.“We tried to get each athlete into competition to best prepare for Heps,” Harvard coach Jason...
...similarity to Facebook is no accident. Google profiles are the search giant's fiendishly clever attempt to turn your ego-surfing pain into their gain. By giving users a modicum of control over the results that appear on a search for their name, Google hopes to establish a social network beachhead and take on wildly popular sites like Facebook and MySpace. Facebook users who otherwise couldn't be bothered to set up a separate profile page on Google might find the idea appealing if it gives them some control over the Google search results for their name...
...regional stability problems, Obama’s friendly gestures to Iran also perversely give misguided legitimacy to President Ahmadinejad’s regime in its reelection bid. The regime’s policies against civil rights for women and government actions silencing those seeking a democratic form of government gain more domestic support as Iran faces less international isolation. Changing the fundamental nature of the relationship between Iran and the rest of the world will come only from changing the composition and guiding philosophies of those who rule. The U.S. must encourage democracy in Iran and allow the dwindling number...