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...exactly what you wanted, you could get different results.” Still, Harvard would not be deterred in its opener. After succumbing to a rainout the previous week, the women played through the remnants of winter and gave little ground to the Bears or the Big Green. In particular, Sheldon praised her team’s ability to weather the mental obstacle of an unpredictable course. “When you are executing and not getting results, you can get down on yourself,” Sheldon explained. “I think people did a good...
...think a lot of his goals come off of ball movement and a lot of times other people’s dodges,” Harvard coach John Tillman said. “So you really couldn’t be focused on just one particular guy, you had to kind of watch patterns. They do a very good job of making sure the ball is spread around and so all six guys are pretty dangerous and can hurt you at any time.”Cornell entered the locker rooms with an 8-2 advantage after eight unanswered goals...
...attendance in class is desirable seems self-evident, and the (sometimes subtle) benefits it provides are many. Professors naturally prefer an audience to their presentation, whose questions can guide discussion and instruction. Even seeing the way students react to information can inform how much time a professor spends on particular topics in the future. Attendance allows for a general assurance that our lecturers’ knowledge—for which we have competed and pay a premium—is being passed on. Furthermore, one of the great benefits of a school like Harvard is the quality of the minds...
...generally an emblem of gender equality,” said Woodbridge Society liaison Alexandre J. Terrien ’11. “She is very important in female politics.” Vike-Freiberga will meet with multiple student groups, in particular the Woodbridge Society, Terrien said. White is head of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, a non-profit organization that works with religious and political leaders and provides humanitarian relief to impoverished areas in the Middle East. In addition, White is vicar of St. George’s Church in Baghdad, the only...
...Work”—Ma displayed his talent for his instrument and his deep understanding of the music written for it. “Music has a wonderful way of expressing the inner life of somebody or a people,” he said. He reserved particular praise for Bach, whose “Prelude to the First Suite” was the first piece Ma learned. “Bach had a wonderful way of expressing the infinite,” he said before treating the audience to a performance of the piece, which he learned...