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...Harvard converts turnover into fast break point. Using the momentum, increased pressure on the defensive end causes the Terrapins to turnover the ball once again...
Coming off a 5-2 win over South Florida, the Harvard men’s tennis team maintained its momentum, but fell, 6-1, against No. 3 Virginia in a match where the score did not reflect the close matches that characterized Crimson play. “The team showed some strength,” senior co-captain Scott Denenberg said. “Gideon [Valkin] had a close match, Ashwin [Kumar] had a good win, I had a close match, Dan [Nguyen] had a close match. A few of those flip-flop or we win a doubles point...
...editors: The Mar. 12 article “Students Pressure Harvard to Divest” (news) provided a good profile of our Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG) campaign in its aims and momentum. We want to clarify how our position would affect Harvard’s various investments, however, which was not stated in the article. Our targeted divestment plan asks Harvard to divest only where reasonable alternatives with similar risk and returns currently exist. This includes: direct securities holdings (there are other Chinese and Malaysian oil companies who do not do business with the Sudanese government), exchange-traded fund...
...with members of the voting public, voters make less informed decisions, forced to rely on media soundbites instead of actual engagement with nominees. A drawn-out primary schedule also tempers disparities between campaigns’ war chests. With the old system, a lesser-known candidate had time to build momentum in the first primaries and translate that momentum into donations that would allow them to be competitive in larger states. Candidates were also forced to spend time in smaller, bellwether states convincing voters of their worthiness. For example, despite setbacks in early primaries, the long primary season allowed Bill Clinton...
...singles matches. Nguyen won his No. 3 singles match in straight sets over Henning Hip, 6-2, 6-4, as did Kumar at No. 4, with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Estrada. Both wins were very quick and helped reverse the Crimson’s momentum. At No. 6 singles, junior Gareth Doran, who was playing his first match back after an injury, also won, 6-3, 0-6, 6-3, to put Harvard up 3-1. The lone singles loss came at No. 2, where Denenberg fell to Jaeger, 5-7, 7-5, 0-1 (4). However...