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...told by the very nice election-board workers that in-person early voters come in two varieties: the superinformed and the people Obama supporters pick up off the streets and throw into a van. You can tell the difference mainly by smell. The secretary who sits by the front door told me that I wouldn't see many old people, since they like to vote on Election Day so they can see their friends, get breakfast afterward and make a day of it. This made me think that we should hold elections for old people monthly, letting them vote...
...conference foes generally don’t pack the seats, Harvard Stadium might benefit from some Head of the Charles Regatta spillover tomorrow. If some curious rowing enthusiasts do show up, they will likely be treated to a mundane but convincing win for the Crimson, which continues to pick up momentum as the meat of the Ivy League season approaches...
...football’s version of the Tampa Bay Rays, the gritty underdog threatening to take down the two well-endowed powerhouses at the top of its division. The Bears’ 78 points allowed in their last two games do not exactly scream out “sleeper pick...
...Somebody needs to remind Dartmouth that there is no draft in college football and tanking every game will not result in a No. 1 pick stud prospect that will ride into Hanover on a white horse and save a pitiful program. The Big Green has lost each of its four games by at least 13 points and, even if there were such a thing, a 34-7 loss last week to Yale would not count as a moral victory. At least Columbia looks like it’s trying...
...year, they’ve got plenty of athletes.” The Mountain Hawks (2-3, 1-0 Patriot) are coming off an emphatic 45-24 win over defending Patriot League champion Fordham, in what may have been a breakout game for an offense that has struggled to pick up momentum leading up to Saturday’s matchup with Harvard. Prior to that win, Lehigh had been largely ineffective on offense, scoring just 14 points against No. 21 Villanova in week two and seven points against Princeton the following week. Last weekend, however, the Mountain Hawks set season...