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When I walked in and sat down at The Crimson's spot on press row, I was overcome with noise, like some tidal wave had hit me. The Penn band led one-third of the audience in a verbal Quaker orgy, while the Harvard band tried to spark its fans into cheer...
...active Quaker, Raitt is an strong environmentalist, an advocate for nuclear disarmament and a champion of social causes...
...Puritans weren't alone in their suspicion of the icon. The next wave of settlers in the Northeast, the Quakers, led by William Penn, despised most arts. Music was a distraction, poetry (beyond the simplest hymns) a snare. So the lack of Quaker painting is hardly a surprise, though some artists--most conspicuously Benjamin West--came from Quaker families and left the faith. The only painter who lived and died a Quaker was the Philadelphia "primitive" Edward Hicks (1780-1849), and he felt moral qualms about...
...Crimson's offense continued to score early and often, and when the Quaker's shooting hit a cold steak, going 1-for-11 over a seven-minute period, Harvard made its move...
Feaster had a tremendous night on the boards, recording 15 rebounds. She also found time to score 18 points, hand out four assists and steal four Quaker passes...