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...Survey. Regardless of the number of offenders, it should not be treated as just another extracurricular activity, another task at which to excel with all competitive zest. Lest we forget—as we tend to do, after a few beers—binge drinking carries with it a host of not-so-funny and potentially serious consequences...
...three weeks into the season for the No. 3 Harvard co-ed and women’s sailing teams, and the script for each has gone pretty much the same: win, win, win. The most recent triumphs came last weekend at two regattas. The Hood Trophy, hosted by Tufts University, saw the Crimson sail to a 36-point win in a 21-team field featuring most of the familiar teams. In A-division, captain Clay Johnson skippered along with senior crew Kristen Lynch, guiding Harvard to a second-place finish behind only the University of Rhode Island. The margin...
...emerged into Al-Adhamiya's main marketplace, a large treeless square that was host to what looked like a block party in full swing. Old men, rocking back and forth on tiny stools, shuffled dominoes. Boys volleyed soccer balls. Women veiled in black fed their children from stalls of roasted chickens and shashlik. No one seemed to notice the foreign invaders passing...
...champion both in singles play and also when paired with junior Stephanie Schnitter in doubles competition. Litvak cruised to the singles championship, easily besting Columbia’s Milena Kachar 6-1, 6-2. In doubles play, Litvak and Schnitter took on Yulia Rivelis and Julia Koulbitskaya, representing host Penn. Schnitter and Litvak took the victory, 8-5. Other Crimson representatives did not fare quite so well. While Schnitter advanced several rounds in her quest for the singles crown, teammates Cat Stewart and Laura Peterzan, both sophomores, failed to advance beyond their first matches, as did senior Preethi Mukundan. Freshman...
...dozen shakes three times a week, a cost he absorbed for months until a group of VA colleagues chipped in for McDonald's gift certificates just before the holidays. About the same time, Jim had befriended a Vietnam vet and Washington restaurateur named Hal Koster, who offered to host Walter Reed patients at his Fran O'Brien's Stadium Steakhouse, located in the basement of the downtown Capital Hilton. Jim rounded up transportation and circulated the invitation on 57. Before long, Friday nights at Fran's became a tradition. Koster drew a big enough crowd a few days before Christmas...