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...superior athleticism that included alley-oops, breakaway dunks and a bevy of baskets from long range, the Eagles (8-2) ran away from an overmatched Harvard squad by a score of 89-55."It's probably the best forty minutes we've had all season," BC coach Al Skinner said. "We've won some ballgames, but we haven't played a great forty minutes. We raised our level of intensity for forty minutes—we had not had that."The Crimson (8-4) was unable to compete with the nation's No. 14 ranked squad, falling behind right from...
...often not “overwhelmingly represented on the council.”“I got to see what kind of person she is—a very friendly, outgoing, bubbly, excitable person who really enjoys spending time with people,” says William M. Skinner ’09, who met Riley on the campaign trail.Haddock-Riley supporters have brought this energy to the Science Center lawn each day as they give away fish stickers (in honor of Haddock’s last name) and carry a giant yellow sign that took three days to make...
...Gould-Wartofsky said. “Now the ball’s in his court, and it’s up to him to see the light.” Several students came to show their support for Harvard’s janitors, including William M. Skinner ’09, who said that he attended because of his personal interactions with janitors. “I’m out here because I’ve talked to janitors in my dorm,” Skinner said. “A lot of them come from underprivileged countries...
...edgiest articles in the anthology is a 1999 essay by assistant managing editor David Skinner arguing for the importance of male chest hair. Observing that a long list of male Hollywood stars, including Kevin Bacon, Tom Cruise, and even Al Pacino, have appeared with shaven chests in recent films, Skinner writes: “The newly prominent hairless man is a sign of the convergence of gay and straight culture.” He concludes with a rhetorical question: “Where can one find reflections of manliness, if everywhere you turn, the American male seems boyish, hairless, shorn...
...prognosticator of an emerging fashion trend, Skinner was ahead of his time. But in his not-so-subtle implication that homosexuality is inherently childish, Skinner remains trapped in a (hopefully) bygone mindset...