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...tendencies, we brought in the big guns of HUPD. Riding with them for a weekend as they deal with campus scum has to set us straight. Like the fine young people on whom we now model our lives, we have committed ourselves to learning the joys of racquet sports and wine and cheese fetes. With this therapy, we hope to return to the path of naive innocence. The lewd gestures and excessive cursing must be stopped before higher powers decide we are too crass for company and expel our naughty asses and surreptitious flasks into the cold, wet streets...
...squash co-captain Tim Wyant ended his Harvard career with a third place finish at the National Intercollegiate Squash Racquet Association (NISRA) Individual Championships, hosted by Williams College. Wyant, the third seed in the tournament, lost to second-ranked Marcus Cowie of Trinity for the third time in a month...
Speaking of squash, playing racquet sports at long distance is in principle simple. If you've got a squash-court-size space to run around in, you can play with your college buddy, wherever he or she may be. (And no more annoying collisions with opponent, walls or ball, since all three will be illusions.) In fact, using standard virtual-reality technology, people have already played tennis remotely, Lanier says. But each looked to the other like a cartoon character--an "avatar." Tele-immersion will let you see the agony of defeat on the face of your vanquished...
...scary moment came whencaptain No. 5 Blair Endresen sustained a sharp blow to the head from Penn junior Lauren Patrizio's racquet...
...floor the next, Wyant held on to win the first game that seemed to last longer than the previous eight matches combined, 15-13. The high point came in the form of a Wyant spin and backhand that left the Amherst entourage visibly amazed and McNeely banging his racquet in frustration...