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...published in the magazine’s April edition—down to 21 authors under age 35, wrote Ian Jack, editor of the quarterly magazine and chair of the judging committee, in an e-mail. “Making a list of this kind is never a perfect art and every judge would have regrets about the omission of personal favorites,” Jack wrote. “I guess we were looking for something above and beyond the ‘well-made book’ of which the U.S. has so many.” According...
...there ever existed a right time for Grigg to finally nab the championship, it was this year. The senior posted an undefeated season, going a perfect 12-0 in the number one position. As the top seed in the tournament, Grigg only dropped three games on her way to grabbing Harvard’s tenth individual women’s title...
...seed and Crimson captain Ilan Oren, was nearly his opponent in the final. Oren entered the competition undefeated on the season, without a loss since Feb. 6 of last year, and advanced to face Sanchez in the semifinals. After four long sets, Sanchez ended Oren’s perfect season with a 9-2, 9-6, 2-9, 9-7 victory. “I’m very disappointed that I didn’t win,” Oren said. “[If Suchde and I had met in the finals], we both would have wanted...
...seemed like this was the perfect opportunity to move beyond the Solomon Amendment and to look at the core element of discrimination,” he said...
...many Harvard students does it take to screw in a light bulb? One. He holds the light bulb and the world revolves around him.) We wrote admissions essays about how special we are and were admitted because someone believed them. Harvard, with its culture of hyper-achievement, is the perfect breeding ground for self-obsession and all its perils. We must bear not just our own narcissism but also the disappointment of being standouts for our entire lives only to arrive at college and become merely average...