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...year’s heavyweight senior class certainly deserves all the hype that surrounds it. With the experience of 11 seniors leading the squad and the highest finish at NCAAs in three years last season, the Radcliffe heavyweights have earned the respect of their peers and thrown down the gauntlet for a competitive and fast year. This season, nothing is out of reach for the first varsity boat, propelled by the strength of the senior class. Physically and mentally, these veterans are ready to prove that Radcliffe is a world class team.The 2007-’08 season ended with...
With the New England Collegiate Championships just a stone’s throw away from Harvard Yard, the Crimson cross-country squad saw limited action as it prepares for the gauntlet of championships that fills out the rest of the season’s schedule. Freshman Meg Looney was the sole Harvard competitor at the Franklin Park race, finishing 94th in a field of 309 with a time of 20:30. “To be honest, we kept New England’s on the schedule so we had options,” Harvard coach Jason Saretsky said...
...Ohio State 38-24.By way of contrast, Harvard Stadium has a capacity of 30,323, a number that is only reached for the biennial Cambridge edition of The Game. The Crimson cannot compete in the playoffs due to Ivy League rules, and Ivy contests are a far cry from the gauntlet that typifies a season in the Southeastern Conference, LSU’s league, which includes traditional powerhouses Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, and Auburn.These are two worlds of college football, worlds that never meet. Except, of course, in the case of Hatch, who has become something of a sensational story...
...upgraded to the new and improved contactless Smartcard. No more will students be forced to dig through pockets and bags to get out their swipe—proximity to the card reader is all that is needed. But how good are these Smartcards really? FM put them through the gauntlet to see how they fare. The Distance Test The Challenge: Sure, these new Smartcards look legit, but can they go the distance? The Results: In highly scientific and accurate trials conducted across campus (sample size n=1), it was found that Smartcards work from distances of up to 1.75 inches...
...suggests there are no taboos anymore. The latest strike came from the Tennessee Republican Party, which posted a YouTube ad ridiculing Michelle's now famous "For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country" remark. That prompted Barack Obama to throw down a gauntlet of his own. "I would never think of going after somebody's spouse in a campaign," he told Robin Roberts of Good Morning America. "She loves this country ... And especially for people who purport to be promoters of family values ... to start attacking my wife in a political campaign...