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...first set, but controversy ensued in the second set tiebreak when BC’s Lana Krasnopolsky called Ko’s shot wide and the official refused to overrule the call. Krasnopolsky went on to win the match...
...were in Nairobi's desperately poor neighborhood of Mathare during the mid-1990s, you might have seen a slender American woman wandering around the shanties, where nearly a million people live with minimal water supply amid puddles of raw sewage. The visitor was Lana Wong, a Harvard-educated fine-art photographer, who had come to Mathare with one aim: to teach teenagers how to shoot photographs. "I picked 31 kids, and handed them plastic $30 cameras and a roll of film each," says Wong. "I wanted them to tell their own stories, rather than have me intervene. Most of them...
...project. For many, photography turned from a pastime into an income-earner - a huge advantage in a country with 40% unemployment. Mohammed Dahir Nur, 23, says he met Wong when he was 14, after a broken leg sidelined him from Mathare's youth football teams. "We called her 'Mama Lana' because she turned everybody's life around," he says. "I would not have known what to do in life." He now works as a freelance celebrity photographer in London, where he is studying broadcasting and filmmaking at the University of the Arts. Njuguna is now a news photographer...
...Dasha Cherkasov defeated the senior in the third set to take the day’s final match. The Crimson’s two wins came from Peterzan at No. 1 singles and junior Catriona Stewart in the No. 4 spot. Peterzan dominated in her match against Lana Krasnopolsky, who was previously undefeated in singles play. The two ripped groundstrokes back and forth from the baseline, but it was Peterzan who outlasted and overpowered her opponent in the rallies. The junior earned a 6-3, 6-1 victory. “I just tried to stay really focused and composed...
...users have an added incentive to remain discrete, now that their younger siblings in high schools nationwide can tap into the site. Of course, in some instances when undergrads indicate that they’re “engaged” on the Facebook, wedding bells are indeed ringing. Lana Lobachova ’06 has been dating her fiancé for five years, and the marriage is set for June 29—three weeks after Commencement. —Staff writer Rachel B. Nearnberg can be reached at nearnber@fas.harvard.edu...