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That excitement has helped motivate Coppinger for almost three years, as a starting safety, and this year it has helped the Harvard captain urge on the team. "He's a quiet type of leader... he leads by example. He's not the rah-rah type," says linebacker Joe Azelby. "When we were having problems after the Army game, he gave us a talk before we left for Cornell...
...things to say about his style of leadership, which involves both setting an example and talking problems out with both the players and coaches. "Personality, I feel that what he says has a great deal of importance and meaning, and that's a general feeling. He's not a rah-rah kind of guy. He discusses things with you and at the same time gets his point across. He inspires team unity because he discusses things as a unit and not just offensive and defensive squads...
Almost half the student body belongs to a fraternity or sorority; as one Phi Mu puts it, "There just isn't very much social life anywhere else." But the sports oriented, rah-rah atmosphere associated with the Greeks is absent. "There's not much interest in sports around here, with the possible exception of basketball," one student from nearby Richmond says. "Hardly anyone goes to football games...
...Kamali already has grossed more than $10 million in the U.S. and eight other countries. Next year, sales could soar to $24 million. Variety may be one of the answers. No longer just humble gray, the sweats now come in stripes and seven colors. There are short cheerleader-type rah-rah dresses and skirts, harem pants, saucy knickers, long bomber jackets, and oversized sweatshirts to be worn over tights as minidresses or as tunics with pants. For fall Kamali has added bright, bold, billowing flannel jumpsuits and-shades of 7 Love Lucy-Fred Mertz pants with shoulder straps...
Barber says many of the fundraisers--contrary to popular opinion--share his own view of Harvard and his motivations in joining the drive. "It is a very diverse group that is working on this drive. There are a hell of a lot of people volunteering who are not rah-rah, racoon-skin coat-at-the-football-game types...