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What the story really revealed is an ecology that Mickey Kaus of Slate calls the "undernews": stories, true and false, that percolate in the blogs or tabloids until the "respectable" press is forced to soil its white gloves, just as what happened with the John Edwards love-child story. (Wow, how long ago was that? The 1980s...
...undefeated in Ivy League play. If you’re a Crimson fan, hope that it’s Penn. The Quakers have a much harder schedule than the Bears after this week, facing Princeton and Cornell on the road, along with Harvard, while Brown’s final slate consists of the disappointing Yale and Ancient Eight bottom-dwellers Dartmouth and Columbia.If the Crimson sweeps through the rest of the season—a very realistic possibility—a Penn win tomorrow would at least guarantee Harvard a share of the Ivy League championship.Prediction: Penn 14, Brown 10COLUMBIA...
...There's no question that the worsening economy is prompting some belt-tightening in the entertainment industry. NBC Universal is cutting $500 million from next year's budget and Viacom's Paramount Pictures is shrinking its slate from 25 movies a year to 20. But how bad the industry is hurt and which sectors are hit hardest will depend in part on an important calculation that consumers make - how much is an hour of fun worth...
...heading into the playoffs. We needed it to put us in a good position to succeed at Northerns,” Tune said.By extending its unbeaten streak to six straight against the Knights, Harvard was able to show its potential against ECAC foes as it prepares for the clean slate of the Northern Championships.Although the Crimson could not build on Saturday’s success to break its own nine-game losing streak against the No. 14 Terriers, the weekend split still marked an improvement over recent struggles.With the celebratory mood of Senior Day intact, the Crimson will look...
...even inspires returning varsity rowers,” he added.Schreck added that one of the best aspects of rowing was the equal opportunity it gave all team members each year to move into any boat through hard work and improvement.“It’s a clean slate every year, which is something we appreciate,” he said. “That competitive attitude will really drive motivation throughout the year.”French and Bucke agreed that it is a very different feeling being part of the varsity squad...