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Vijay Jain ’11 is not the type to rely on a shuttle for his trip to class in the morning. The Mather House resident said he prefers to walk the half-mile distance from his dorm to the Yard...
...Advice to the House that wants to win—get all their runners to do it,” he said. “And go for 20-mile runs...
...championship eight event, that doesn’t mean the Crimson faced weak teams, as Wisconsin, Stanford, and Yale all assigned their most experienced rowers to the fours. Led by junior coxswain Joseph Lin and Schreck, the four heavyweight rowers did not disappoint, as they finished the three-mile course in fourth place with a time of 16:14.792. Starting third in the staggered race, the foursome quickly got off to a strong start, keeping pace with the front-runner and eventual first-place boat of the U.S. Rowing Training Center. The rowers faced rough and choppy waters at first...
...11th-place finish at the IRA National Championships, the varsity eight came from behind to defeat Yale in the 143rd annual Harvard-Yale Regatta. The Bulldogs—who had previously defeated Harvard at both Sprints and IRAs—held an open-water lead during the first mile of the race. But the Crimson made a move about halfway through the four-mile course to push ahead. Harvard held the lead the rest of the way, besting Yale by over seven seconds.In addition to the strong performance at the Harvard-Yale Regatta, the freshmen crews also proved...
Russia first lay claim to the Arctic in July 2007, when Vladimir Putin signaled his intention to annex the entire North Pole, an area twice the size of France, Belgium and Switzerland combined. Currently, five countries - Russia, the U.S., Canada, Norway and Denmark - each control a 200-mile economic zone along their coasts in the Arctic region. None of these economic zones reach the North Pole. Under the current U.N. Maritime convention, one country's zone can be extended only if it can prove that the continental shelf into which it wishes to expand is a natural extension...