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...first settlers found themselves in an alien world, and for the convicts among them, the land's harshness must have seemed part of their punishment. The nation's self-image was shaped by those colonists' experiences of hardship, hunger, hostile natives, droughts and floods - their sense, from the outset, of being profoundly at odds with the land they had to call their home...
...Hallion said. “We wanted to prove we were the better team.”Fresh off of an impressive 65-51 win over Princeton on Friday, Harvard came into the game looking to continue its Ancient Eight challenge. The Crimson took the momentum from the outset, embarking on an 8-0 run. Harvard proceeded to make its first five shots of the half and take a 10-3 advantage in the first three minutes.With eight minutes remaining in the half, a jump shot from Rollins, a three-pointer from junior guard Emily Tay and another jumper from...
...year.” HARVARD 9, DARTMOUTH 0 The Crimson turned in its most dominating performance of the season in Sunday’s fifth-place game, defeating Dartmouth, 9-0, to record its second 9-0 whitewash in as many days. The match was no contest from its outset. Only one player, sophomore No. 3 Katherine O’Donnell, needed four sets to secure the win, while the other eight matches were all decided in straight sets, 3-0. With the wins, freshman No. 2 Alisha Mashruwala, captain No. 6 Supriya Balsekar, and sophomore No. 9 Sandra Mumanachit...
...class with over 500 students is pretty huge. How do you get that many students if the course doesn’t count for Core credit or even Psychology credit?TBS: As I said, most students want to be happier...and I make it very clear from the outset, the class is taught on two levels. The first level is like any other class in the department: students are exposed to rigorous research, they read and write academic papers, they have exams. [...] The second level is that I always ask—whether it is in class...
...enduring passion, the ones we come back to visit years after graduating, the educators who opened doors and altered the course of our lives. I was lucky enough to encounter two such teachers my senior year in a public high school in Connecticut. Dr. Cappel told us from the outset that his goal was not to prepare us for the AP biology exam; it was to teach us how to think like scientists, which he proceeded to do with a quiet passion, mainly in the laboratory. Mrs. Hastings, my stern, Radcliffe-trained English teacher, was as devoted to her subject...