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...cooling seawater. See if you can spot the Camel, the Granny, the Giant's Boot and the Wishing Chair. The polygonal basalt columns are perfect for a midafternoon seaside scramble. Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge Once an even shakier bridge used by salmon fishermen to access a tiny island they used as a fishery, the now tourist-safe bridge, less than a kilometer from the harbor of Ballintoy, is a thrilling way to cross over a 25-m-deep chasm. From the island, gaze back toward the mainland at wave-carved cliffsides full of caves and natural archways. Rathlin Island...
Harvard softball faced a familiar non-conference foe on Tuesday as it battled Rhode Island in a doubleheader at Soldiers Field.Riding a strong pitching performance from sophomore starter Shelly Madick, the Crimson (18-21, 6-6 Ivy) took the first game 5-1. It appeared that Harvard would ride another strong performance, this time from sophomore Amanda Watkins, in game two, but the Rams (16-21, 4-4 Atlantic 10) scored five times in the top of the sixth to manage a split.The teams had previously met in Miami in March, with Harvard winning 8-2 the first time...
While many may consider Harvard the perfect preparation for a career in investment banking or law, Allison I. Rogers ’04 used the school to help her accomplish quite a different goal—winning the title of Miss Rhode Island. Currently the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Resource Efficiency Program coordinator of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, Rogers said that her experience at Harvard helped her snag the pageant honor on April 22. Rogers credited the academic rigor at Harvard for helping her face the interview portion of the contest, during which a panel grilled...
...Even though you’re looking ahead, you don’t like someone having to take the bullet for you like that, captain Morgan Brown said. “Jason’s a tough kid, and with the Beanpot Bhampionships tomorrow and Rhode Island on Wednesday, and then the biggest weekend of the year with Darmouth, it’s unfortunate we had to throw Jason in. He’ll throw well this weekend; it’s not a reflection...
...Florida and elsewhere are fed up with such farming façades, which exploit tax breaks that, ironically, were meant to combat sprawl. Idaho in March eliminated its "developer's discount," which benefited nonworking farms. But in South Carolina--where a $7 million, five-acre beachfront lot on upscale Kiawah Island is taxed just $9.60 as timberland--the agricultural commissioner has said "defining what a 'real farm' is can be very difficult...