Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will travel to Hanover with the title of Ivy League champion and a No. 4 ranking in the NCAA Division I Northeast Region. After its twin bill against the Big Green (10-26-1, 3-7), the Crimson will return to Cambridge and await the winner of the Patriot League tournament, which Harvard will host for a best-of-three play-in series...
...Crimson now advances to the postseason, where it will host an NCAA Play-In Series versus the Patriot League Champion beginning on Thursday, May 7. Before the playoffs begin, however, Harvard has a chance to complete the school's first ever undefeated conference season if it can sweep a twin billing from Dartmouth at Hanover on Saturday...
These reasons are clearly not convincing. This tradition-bound, proud New England institution should join its state and celebrate Patriot's Day, letting students watch their peers in the incredible feat of running a marathon or enjoy spring in Boston if only by sleeping...
...does Harvard ignore Patriot's Day? The real answers can be found only in a few places, and depend more on employee rather than client (i.e. student) needs. Director of Communications for the Office of Human Resources Merry D. Touborg explained, "Our holidays are generally based on federal holidays and there are various other holidays celebrated in Massachusetts that don't fall in that category." Touborg noted that "many businesses are open" on Patriot's Day and that by her estimate it is "observed sporadically" in the state...
...Undergraduate Council and students-at-large, now is the time to ask. Perhaps by next Patriot's Day, we will all have something to celebrate...