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...highly-touted rookies, Brent Suter and Marcus Way.Suter got the starting nod, and delivered an outstanding seven-inning performance in which he allowed just three runs on six hits and struck out seven Jacksonville State batters. Way—known more for his power bat than his pitching prowess??displayed a strong arm in two perfect innings of relief.“Those two, combined with [freshman pitcher and Saturday’s Game 2 starter Conner] Hulse, Coach Walsh likes to call them bulldogs,” Crimson captain Harry Douglas said. “That?...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Bats Wake Up, Prevent Sweep in First Series | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

While seventeenth-century records attest to Iacoomes’ academic prowess??he impressed then-Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony John Winthrop in a 1663 Latin oral examination—he was shipwrecked off the coast of Nantucket as he returned to Cambridge from Martha’s Vineyard. He died sometime in the summer of 1665—before Commencement, which in the seventeenth century took place at the end of the summer...

Author: By Brendan R. Linn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Native American Denied Posthumous Diploma | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

...just the second pitching appearance of his Crimson career, it was Wilson—previously known solely for his hitting prowess??who came in to clean up after Haviland and sophomore Jason Brown, getting four clutch outs with men on base to record the save. He struck...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Off to a Flying Start in Ivy Competition | 4/5/2005 | See Source »

...colleges should force students to engage with their studies; it should be similarly obvious that a college career spent doing little away from the library or the laboratory is also something of a waste. In many ways, Harvard’s superior reputation comes not just from its academic prowess??students at MIT or the University of Chicago, for example, are forced to cram far harder than Harvard undergraduates—but for the way it has traditionally fostered excellence both inside and outside the classroom...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, | Title: Janus-Faced Harvard | 6/9/2004 | See Source »

Leaving aside prejudice based on mean SAT scores as a measure of intellectual prowess??mean-ingless SAT scores would be more like it—varsity athletes make superb role models for the Harvard student body. Their ability to balance countless time-consuming and physically exhausting practices with the same amount of classwork that everyone else has is stunning. Look around the dining hall and you will see athletes relaxing together; go out on the weekend and you will see athletes partying after a long hard week. In short, Harvard’s athletes have perspective...

Author: By Anthony S.A. Freinberg, | Title: On the Right Track | 11/15/2002 | See Source »

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