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...Waterboarding seemed to be the term in circulation, and I think it's something that many people do not understand in terms of what it physically looks like," says Skier, the play's director and writer who sought training from someone who had gone through Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE), a U.S. program that trains troops to withstand torture...
...encourage interaction with the audience and employ animation to demonstrate more dangerous forms of waterboarding ("We're not going to do those on stage because we don't want to die," Skier notes). To explore "the eerily whimsical linguistic connotations" of the term "waterboarding," Mazen and Skier will also "play on slip’n’slides and toss beach balls while singing about 'enhanced interrogation techniques,'" according to the event's Facebook page...
...emphatically yesterday, shutting out Boston College, 2-0, on the Eagles’ home turf in Newton, Mass. The non-conference win over the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Boston College (1-2-0) was the first for Harvard (2-0-0) since 2000. “We played really well,” Crimson co-captain Akpan said. “It was a tough road game against an ACC team and I think our team had a solid overall performance.” The Crimson entered the matchup following a decisive 4-1 victory over Stony Brook...
...UConn initiated a 4-0 run to bring the win within reach. Ingersoll responded with two straight kills before two errors created a match point for the Huskies—a situation from which UConn emerged victorious, 15-13.“We’ve never played [UConn] that close before,” Harvard coach Jennifer Weiss said.The contest featured a constant jostle for the lead that began in the first set.The teams opened the match by trading points until the Crimson found itself on top, 7-5, thanks to a monster kill from Ingersoll...
...glad she took it. A great player will score crazy goals like that sometimes.”Figuring out the kinks in its offense, Harvard emphasized staying aggressive following the early score, and finished with 11 shots in the half.“We played well at times,” Leone said. “It’s still early season form for us, and I know anybody watching can tell that. It’s coming, just slower than we all want.”Though the Crimson continues to refine its touch on lengthier passes...