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Every small child dreams of one day standing atop the podium with a United States flag, a bouquet of flowers, and a medal around the neck, listening to the sounds of the Star Spangled Banner. With the beginning of the 2008 Summer Olympics training in fencing, junior foil fencer Emily Cross may be able to realize that dream. Last month the New York, N.Y. native decided to move her life from the world of books and Harvard Square to a life among the international circuit of weapons. “I made the decision to try to qualify over...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cross Takes Time Off to Ready for Olympics | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

...duck and the boa, the team has two more fun awards that make for quite a scene at any post-game celebration but that encourage great play nonetheless. The duck usually goes to the top defender of the game while the boa tends to find itself draped around the neck of the girl who has had the best performance over a weekend of games.In short, with grand performances both on and off the ice, the Harvard women’s hockey team never ceases to have fun, even while...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hard Hat Reflects Blue-Collar Attitude | 12/7/2006 | See Source »

Fashion is all about layering these days, and that includes jewelry. Long, looping chains, like the ones made by Bottega Veneta, are perfect for wrapping around the neck or draping on the waist as a belt. The bolder, the better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A to Z | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

Rossi had received a dragon book identical to one our historian later finds in Paul’s library. When a colleague and close friend dies from a suspicious neck wound, Rossi defects for Cambridge, Mass. Kostova, a Yale graduate, has her characters using all sorts of amusing circumlocutions—the “excellent university,” the university of the “distinguished American scholar”—to describe our fine institution, Rossi’s chosen haven...

Author: By Alison S. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Historical Study A-1972: Dragon Books and Dracula | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

...understands the importance of students to the institution and is committed to actively working to improve student life. The single greatest service Presidential Search Committee can do for the student body is to select a president who cares for and is willing to stick out his or her neck out for students. If the Committee fails, the result—another generation of student concerns on the backburner—could be devastating to the College...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Knowles’ Blind Spot | 12/6/2006 | See Source »

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