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That’s not to say we all approach eRecruiting with the same intensity as one another. I thought I cared a lot about interviews. With five days’ notice, I changed my flight back from Florida, where I was supposed to be training with the water polo team for all of intersession, because Goldman Sachs wanted me back a day early...
Thirteen proved to be an unlucky number for the Harvard women’s water polo team on Saturday afternoon, as it fell, 13-3, in its home opener against 13th-ranked Hartwick College (11-7). Led by sophomore goaltender Nicola Perlman, the Crimson (3-3, 1-1 Ivy) began the game playing ferocious defense. Perlman, who is also a Crimson editor, finished the day with nine saves and repeatedly turned away uncontested shots, many of which were fired from within two meters. “She played amazingly,” senior co-captain Lauren Snyder said. Perlman?...
...filled the city streets with the hum of celebration and hope, pushed into the square outside Parliament and cheered as Britain's Union Flag was lowered, and the green, gold and red colors of the new nation of Ghana were hoisted in a light breeze. In a nearby polo ground, Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah broke into dance and then spoke of a dream finally realized. "Today, from now on, there is a new African in the world," he declared. "At long last the battle has ended. Ghana, our beloved country, is free forever...
...Harvard women’s water polo coach Erik Farrar was nervous about his team’s trip to the Ivy Championship tournament this weekend at Brown, he had every right to be. In addition to the usual opening-weekend jitters, the Crimson had to deal with an injury-filled bench and a starting lineup that contained four freshmen and just two upperclassmen. Even with these setbacks the Crimson took second place overall, going 3-2 on the weekend to take second place in the tournament. Harvard faced the Bears in the championship game after defeating Penn...
...most, “Polo” calls to mind a tiny emblem on an overpriced shirt. But some—like Crocker Snow Jr. ’61, the coach of the newly formed Harvard Polo Club—insist that while polo’s “image is white britches...the reality is dungarees.” Read: no Ralph Lauren. The Harvard Polo Club has existed sporadically since the mid-1800s. Thanks to Harvard Extension School student and co-captain Michael G. Svestka, this equine extracurricular has come back into fashion, hopefully in conjunction with...