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Sometimes it’s just obvious when a coach has a major impact. In his four years in charge of the Harvard women’s golf team, Kevin Rhoads has changed the face of the program. This year, the Crimson won the Ivy League Championship for the first time in its history. “Our goal was to win the Ivies and he led us to that,” sophomore Claire Sheldon said. “He’s been instrumental in our success.” The title came after a long, four-year...
...smaller than usual, but the Harvard women’s swimming and diving team still managed to be a dominant force in the Ivy League. The Crimson finished the season with a 6-1 dual meet record, a second-place finish at Ivies, a No. 2 ranking among mid-major teams, and nine new school records. Harvard handily beat every team in the Ivy League except Princeton, who handed the team its first loss in the season’s final dual meet and then claimed victory again at the Ivy League Championships. The Crimson won all of its dual...
...that we should write columns drooling over the successes (and covering up the failures) of Harvard teams. However, it does seem to be our duty to use the power of the pen to the benefit of athletes when the situation demands it.When the Athletic Department shuts down a major facility without informing coaches or players—or, for that matter, almost anyone on campus—college journalists can stress athletes’ grievances and shed a critical light on the poor administrative decision-making that took place.When that same Athletic Department starts to cut off funding to junior...
...candidates have been frequent visitors to Big Sky Country. Both showed up on April 5 for the state Democrats' annual Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner at the Civic Center in Butte (where the last major event was December's spectacular funeral ceremony for native son Evel Knievel). Obama has been running prime-time TV ads in Montana markets for the past month, the latest using footage of his Montana appearances. Clinton's cash-strained campaign, meanwhile, waited until just a few days before the vote to place her spots. But she has also been represented in the state by surrogates like husband...
...prices and gun rights. In the state, driving 100 miles daily to hold down a blue-collar job is not unusual, and gas prices have hit especially hard. Senator Clinton said Congress needed to investigate speculation in the oil markets, promising to "rein in" the excesses of the major oil companies. Obama, for his part, promised to "spend $150 billion over 10 years investing in clean and renewable energy." He also said he plans a $1,000 tax break to help middle-income families pay gasoline and utility bills...