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...February.”Some of the Crimson players will play in the USSRA Five Man Team Championships next weekend in Connecticut before the team gathers again to face Trinity at home on Feb. 7. HARVARD 9, UWO 0Harvard shut out UWO after having had precious little time to rest after playing the Big Red.“We had to win back to back,” Oren said. “It was a part of our coach’s crisis training strategy. We had to play a match against a pretty good team at a point...
...court, Goffredo and senior center Brian Cusworth, executed the two-man game brilliantly. Guarded on the perimeter, Goffredo gave the ball up and swung around a screen from Cusworth, who had ventured out to the three-point line to pick off Goffredo’s man. With a precious few feet of open space around him for seemingly the only time all night, Goffredo got the ball back and calmly shot down UNH’s final lead of the night. “In a situation like that, you’re not really thinking about the shots...
...grow grapes, but it has a flourishing tradition of making wine from the berries that are found in abundance in its woodlands. The process is the same as making wine from grapes: after harvesting, the berries are crushed and the juice fermented in big aluminum vats. The most precious vintages are left to mature, sometimes for a decade or more, before being bottled. Since Estonia regained its independence in 1991, the industry has undergone a revival. There are only a handful of wineries, but they are branching out, experimenting with new blends of berries, and working to develop a range...
...obvious conflict in The History Boys, which Alan Bennett has adapted from his well-received play, is between two pedagogical methods. Hector is a man who believes simply in learning for learning's sake. At one point he quotes the poet, A.E, Housman thus: "All Human Knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use." In his classes the boys sing classic show tunes, for example, or act out scenes from sentimental films like Now, Voyager or Brief Encounter. French is taught by having some of the lads act out an encounter between a prostitute...
Thanksgiving, unique among holidays for its non-sectarian nature and emphasis on spending time with loved ones, presents the perfect homecoming opportunity. Nothing should interfere with precious family time—just turkey, pumpkin pie, and football. Every American student can participate in and enjoy this holiday and appreciate a vacation, while international students can experience our unique national tradition by going to a classmate’s home...