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...just trying to put as much pressure as possible,” as Schroyer described the situation. Eventually, Raimondi and sophomore Lindsey Weaver found themselves in front of the net with a loose puck bouncing around. Both attacked and tried to push the puck through, and the red light lit up. Weaver was originally credited with the goal, but later it was changed to give the tally to Raimondi. “I can only picture the puck going into the net,” Raimondi said. “The goaltender bobbled it and we got out our sticks...
...lit stage of the Zero Arrow Street Theatre, a ship full of unique passengers sets sail. Astoundingly voluptuous “women” decked out in fur, pompoms, spangles, pleather, and sequins from head to toe—or rather from the lower half of their colossal breasts to the tops of their stockinged thighs—strut the decks. A Hitler look-alike (Josh C. Phillips ’07) dutifully trots after a terrifyingly overgrown Shirley Temple clone. A sleazy-looking captain (Alan D. Zackheim ’06) herds the crowd, ridiculously wielding his violin case...
...Have sex in the Widener stacks (American lit...
...dimly lit Harvard basement, robots are on the move. They kick, shoot, pass, and score. And they may soon dominate the world—the soccer world, that is. Since last spring, the Cambridge Robotic Futbol Club (CRFC) has been creating a team of robots that can play soccer without any human involvement for 20 minutes. The club, which consists of 35 Harvard and MIT undergraduate robot enthusiasts, hopes to qualify for the international showdown of simulated soccer players: the RoboCup World Cup. “The ultimate goal of RoboCup is to create a team of robots that...
...There were, of course, other sparks that might have lit the last fire for Summers. As Matory puts it, Summers was brought in because ?somebody had the bright idea that we needed a ringmaster to whip us into shape,? and as such, was destined to clash with faculty. And humanities professors had long simmered about Summers? perceived prejudice against the softer sciences - he had reportedly told a former humanities dean that economists were known to be smarter than sociologists, so they should be paid accordingly. The brusque handling of mild-mannered Kirby?s departure was, in the minds of many...