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...Some high-end foreign boutiques like Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen, which opened in Moscow just a year ago, have also closed their doors. Italian jeans retailer Diesel recently shut all its shops in Russia. Still, if Russia's fashion industry has one thing to put its faith in, it is the Russian consumer's penchant for flair. "It's in the Russian character to be flashy. They'd never go for a simple style. They'd never spend lots of money to look like a street sweeper," says Ageyeva. "That will never change...
Babson College in Wellesley shut down its campus Saturday evening and will remain closed until Wednesday at 5:00 a.m., thanks to an outbreak of the norovirus. About 100 students and staff have been affected by this virus, which Harvard University Health Services Director David S. Rosenthal '59 says is usually spread through hand-to-mouth contact. Rosenthal notes, "People who live in dorms and eat in the same dining rooms are prone to getting this type of thing...
...Quad boat incident.” For several years, freshmen students have trudged to the Charles River to light small boats on fire on the eve of Housing Day in hope of securing a desired House placement. This year, however, Cambridge and Harvard police aggressively shut down the ritual. Several boats of more outlandish construction may have merited intervention, but the overall crackdown carried out by HUPD was excessive. It seems incredible that a few flimsy craft, doomed to sail a few feet and then crumple in flames, posed a real safety threat. Obviously, students cannot be allowed to endanger...
...Harvard up 5-1 in the final inning. But in the bottom of the seventh, Penn threatened to derail the Crimson’s lead. With two outs, the Quakers had the bases loaded, but Vertovez, who pitched the final two frames, and the Harvard defense held fast to shut Penn down and win 5-2.“It was a close call in the seventh inning but we were able to shut them down and come out with the win,” Shaw said.The Quakers have now won just one of their last ten games. HARVARD...
...spectator sport. The male pro counterpart, the 13-year old Major League Soccer, is growing steadily, but as a niche player. Third, women's pro leagues such as the WNBA have really struggled to sustain themselves. In fact, soccer tried a women's league earlier this decade, and it shut down. (See pictures of women's World Cup soccer...