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After her second unsuccessful attempt at defeating her alma mater, Harvard coach Rita Harder said, "I'm optimistic. I don't feel bad about this game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Icers Fall Short; Brown Takes 4-3 Decision | 1/8/1981 | See Source »

...they are receiving as the primary reason they came to Wellesley, some feel that this posture is only a mask for discontent over not being admitted to first-and second-choice schools. Rae, an Exeter graduate, says that Wellesley is seen as a second-rate school at her alma mater. "People only come to Wellesley because they didn't get into the Ivies," she explains...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Malice in Wonderland | 12/18/1980 | See Source »

...Harvard women's hockey team traveled to Providence Saturday night with hopes of its first Ivy League win this season, and of giving coach Rita Harder her first victory over her former coach and alma mater, Steve Shea of Brown...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Bruins Shut Out Women Skaters, 8-0, Dominate Contest at Both Ends of Ice | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...newcomers, there are very few. Soccer phenom Laurie Gregg joins the squad after two years of college hoop at her former alma mater, Lehigh University. Freshman Janet Judge has looked strong in practice and could add some key height and shooting ability to the team...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Women Cagers to Face Bentley Tonight | 11/25/1980 | See Source »

Richard Moll, 45, a tweedy graduate of Yale's Divinity School, has become a Dr. Fix-It for colleges that complain of sagging enrollment. As director of admissions for Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., Moll brought a slice of pizazz to the countrified, 186-year-old alma mater of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Moll persuaded Bowdoin to allow applicants to skip the College Board exams, an attention-getting move, and he issued a new college brochure splashed with photos of sunsets, lobster pots and the Maine seacoast. Results during Moll's eight years at Bowdoin, applications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dr. Fix-It Goes to Santa Cruz | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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