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...established himself as a premier epee fencer, earning All-Ivy second team honors.As postseason play approached, Ungar stepped it up to another level. He won a bronze medal at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association championships, helping Harvard win the title. Less than 10 days later, Ungar won the NCAA Northeast Regional, clinching a berth in the national tournament.“He certainly peaked at the right time,” coach Peter Brand says. “During the year, he had his ups and downs, but ultimately, at the end of the year, it all came together...
...their habit with a simple shot. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced last Tuesday that it will be one of ten sites across the nation to research the effects of NicVax, a vaccine that may help addicts quit smoking. The MGH study is the only one being conducted in the Northeast. Like other vaccines, NicVax is composed of a protein molecule. What makes this vaccine unique, according to University Health Services (UHS) Chief of Medicine Soheyla D. Gharib, is that the protein binds to a chemical—the nicotine molecule—and not a microbe. “This...
...help the men’s team take second overall. Barrett continued his impressive season as the Crimson’s best at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships, but his No. 37 finish could not resurrect Harvard from last place. Harvard concluded its season at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship, where the women and men earned ninth and eighth overall, respectively. All seven Crimson women placed in the top 100, including Scherf with her No. 5 finish. Barrett again headed the Harvard men’s attack, finishing No. 45 in the field. Harvard will hope it can carry...
...making her the first non-netminding woman to log significant ice time in a men’s professional game. Ruggiero also has a geographic attachment to this edition of The Apprentice, the first to be shot on location in California. Ruggiero, born in Michigan and educated in the Northeast, was raised in the Los Angeles area. Although not a businesswoman by training—she received her B.A. in Government in 2004—Ruggiero could use her education and hockey-bred knack for quick thinking to excel in the challenges. The sassy skater showed off her business side...
Frustrated and often hungry, Congolese units have taken to looting and pillaging the people they are meant to protect. In early May, Congolese troops in Ituri in the northeast forced at least 4,500 refugees out of a camp because they suspected militia fighters were sheltering there. Some Congolese units have split back into their rebel and ethnic parts and turned on one another. The upsurge in rapes, killings and torture by Congo's security forces has become so serious that the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo is debating whether to end its cooperation with the police and army altogether...