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Avenging the setback to No. 11 Ole Miss last Tuesday, the only defeat that the No. 53 Crimson has suffered at home this season, Harvard (2-5, 0-0 Ivy) halted a dismal five-match losing streak by handing Old Dominion (4-6) its second straight loss...
...while the Crimson (3-5) walked away with two 5-4 losses, it will have a chance immediately to turn things around, hosting No. 11 Ole Miss today at 2 p.m. at the Murr Center...
Before there were Jerry Springer, Britney Spears and apple pie, there was the British Empire, and, believe it or not, the good 'ole U.S.A. was part of it. Despite our forefathers' glorious emancipation from the grips of the imperialists, there are a few who remain loyal--Tories within our very midst. Maryland native Frederick Karl Kepner Du Puy '03 and New Yorker Carlos Zepeda '03 stand among those who spell 'color' with a 'u' and call a 'line' a 'queue...
...Sally Barksdale had been thinking about ways they could promote literacy in Mississippi. Richard Thompson, the state superintendent of education, says he read about the Barksdales' interest in a newspaper, "so I called Jim up." After long conversations, a joint venture was created between Ole Miss, the state department of education and seven other state universities. The effort, says Barksdale, will attack illiteracy "at the source," in the early grades. It will also teach illiterate parents to read, so they can help their kids...
...growing success is provoking some criticism. Charles Sims, a clinical pathologist who co-founded California Cryobank, the best-known U.S. sperm bank, thinks Cryos' claims of market dominance are misplaced. "Sperm is not a commodity," he says. "It's not something you're selling like aspirin." But Ole Schou shrugs off those views. He is passionate about his company's mission to help thousands of would-be parents. In fact, he and his wife are about to become first-time parents--the old-fashioned way. "We've been working at it for many years, and believe...