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Highlight Reel: 1. Sunil Gangopadhyay on the country's thriving sex industry: "Sex workers are creatures of the dark. They exist in every society but are kept invisible. They are to be used, but not talked about." In ancient India, "if a woman was beautiful and talented; if she could sing, dance or converse intelligently, why should she waste her skills on one man alone? Why shouldn't a number of men enjoy her company? That is why a prostitute was called barnari or barangana - meaning public woman - and the source of her earnings was her skill in some performing...
...until last weekend, the Harvard field hockey team had not scored six goals in a game in over five years. Yesterday, in its game against Saint Louis at Jordan Field, the Crimson (6-5, 2-1 Ivy) not only tallied six goals, it also kept the Billikens (4-8, 0-1 Atlantic 10) scoreless. Sophomore midfielder Chloe Keating, sophomore forward Leigh McCoy, and senior forward Tami Jafar notched two goals apiece while co-captain Kylie Stone and freshman goaltender Ana Roda combined for a shutout in a dominant 6-0 win. “We’re really coming...
...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. “The gameplan from the start of the season was for the main group to compete at Yale and use this time to train for Heps through...
...think that we did really well in spurts,” Stamatis said. “We are still not in a place where we are really dominating whole games and are putting teams under pressure consistently, but we are getting there.”The Crimson has now kept its opponent scoreless in its last two games, and the tight defensive effort was instrumental in gaining the win Saturday. Freshman keeper Austin Harms made a couple of crucial saves, including one right before half on a shot that would have evened the score. Harms started his first match...
...true to form, China has so far kept its cards close to its chest. Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has pledged that his country would "join hands" with other nations in solving the crisis. But the ruling Communist Party held its Third Plenum in Beijing over the weekend. The meeting is usually an occasion for major policy decisions, but there was no word of what the top cadres' attitude to their country's role in the ongoing crisis might...