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After three years of playing second skipper on the Harvard sailing team, senior Kyle Kovacs finally got a chance to step into the spotlight. And boy, did he shine. The former captain of the Crimson squad racked up honor after honor in his final season, capping the fall campaign with a victory at the NEISA Singlehanded Championship. With the departure of his longtime training partner Clay Johnson ’07, a four-time winner of the NEISA singlehanded event, Kovacs stepped up admirably and kept the title in Cambridge for the ninth straight year...
...Harvard’s offense with 38 goals and 25 assists, scoring in 14 of the team’s 16 games, and led the league in points per game with 3.94. Halpern was also named Rookie of the Year, making her the first Harvard player to receive the honor since 1994. She was second on the Crimson in goals scored, notching 34 over the course of the season. The Crimson will lose seven seniors next year, but Halpern and her fellow underclassmen are prepared to take over the leadership roles left open on the team. Sophomore attacker Sara Flood...
...Upon receiving his class membership, Summers acknowledged being “touched,” but quipped that he could only accept the honor on the condition that he would not be asked to donate as an alum—an unhappy circumstance that he said he has encountered after receiving honorary membership from several other classes at various alumni events...
...Hoopes Prize was established after Thomas T. Hoopes ’19, former curator of the City Art Museum in St. Louis, left half of his estate to the College for the purpose of creating an award to honor undergraduate research work in any field. According to the guidelines of the prize, the work may be submitted by any student in any form—from a research paper to a visual arts project—although traditionally the vast majority of Hoopes prizes have been awarded for senior theses...
...time of Harvard’s invitation, Walesa was under house arrest by the Polish communist government. Walesa’s affirmation of the honor was interpreted incorrectly by Harvard as an acceptance, because of the absence of consistent communication with the leader. Confusion continued as sources in Poland reported that Walesa had never stated his intention to leave the country at all that year—not even to receive the Nobel Peace Prize that he was awarded...