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...good, but some were initially disconcerting. Let me begin with the obvious: My house is gone. When I first returned to Harvard, I would tell undergraduates that I had lived in “South House.” I was most often met with a polite but pitying nod suggesting they thought I had an active fantasy life. Some junior historian types were aware that the Quad used to be different, but few had more than a misty notion that it used to have something to do with girls. I soon got used to saying that I had lived...
...nod for Harvard’s highest post, she would have to convince the committee that she could lead an institution of 10 schools, nearly 2,200 faculty, some 20,000 students, and a budget approaching $3 billion...
...while hitting .359 with a .802 slugging percentage and she earned 33 walks—16 of them intentional. She was the Ivy League Rookie of the Week two times in April and a third time the following month. During the first week of May, Murphy also got the nod for Player of the Week. The best recognition, though, comes from her teammates and coaches. “I don’t think enough words can be said to talk about Lauren Murphy’s performance this season,” said junior Ivy Pitcher of the Year...
...numbers do not tell the whole story. Snyder, who was rarely rested, found herself in an underwater brawl in almost every game—she drew a team-best 18 ejections. The combination of statistical production and obvious grit earned Snyder an All-Northern Division First-Team nod. Co-captain and junior driver Vivian Laio was off to a prolific start to the season with 18 goals and 16 assists through 15 games when she broke her hand against Caltech. The season-ending injury cost Laio the last 12 games of the campaign. Even with Laio out the Crimson...
...consensus-building nature of his position, adding that the heads of the different libraries often agree to disagree. In meetings, Verba says he will say “I guess we all agree” despite knowing the opposite to be true. “Some people will nod yes while grimacing.”But Verba defends the libraries’ current structure. “We’ve built a group of people who get along and trust each other,” Verba said. “It works as well as an institution like that...