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...competition you played [may have been] three months ago,” she said. MIT’s cuts have left some varsity Crimson captains wary that Harvard may have to make sacrifices as well. “[Varsity cuts] have crossed my mind,” said Harvard ski team captain Anna R. Schulz ’09. “But Harvard really seems to pride itself on its having 41 different sports.” Some Crimson athletes have already seen what they say are subtle attempts by the athletics department to save...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT To Cut Several Athletic Programs | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...recently noticed spoons going missing from your dining hall or friends from Adams sweltering in their multiple layers and ski hats, look no further than Assassins for explanation. In Adams' game, eliminations occur by touching the target’s exposed skin or hair with a spoon...

Author: By Liyun Jin | Title: Closing in on the Kill | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

Andrea Mead Lawrence, who died on March 31 at age 76, always strove to be exceptional throughout her life. And she was. At 15, Andrea made the U.S. ski team that competed at the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics, where she finished eighth in the slalom event. She was the youngest U.S. skier ever to compete at the Olympics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Andrea Lawrence | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...protest of the latest NATO summit is a sorry affair by comparison. Some 1,000 activists are camped in tents on the edge of Strasbourg in the so-called anti-NATO village, vowing to disrupt this weekend's summit. Several hundred of them, their faces hidden behind black ski masks, gathered in the camp on Thursday afternoon under a warm sun, preparing to storm into Strasbourg. Several stuffed empty glass bottles under black sweatshirts before setting off through the suburbs, chanting "Solidarity! Solidarity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As NATO Gathers, Its Future Is Looking Cloudy | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...details of Richardson's accident are sketchy, but what is known sounded benign - at first. She was taking a lesson on a beginner slope at the Mont Tremblant ski resort north of Montreal, with an instructor but without a helmet. She fell at the end of the lesson and struck her head, but was alert and conversational afterward and did not complain of any ill effects. An hour later, in her hotel room, she developed a severe headache. The next day, she was flown to Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City in critical condition, where she died on Wednesday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could a Helmet Have Saved Natasha Richardson? | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

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