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...Although this reality is foreign to many Harvard students, it is a place that I have inhabited for the past three years. Joining the Harvard Cheerleading Squad within my first weeks in Cambridge, the in-between sports scene has always been my home. Between our club status in my first two years, and our new technically-JV-but-what-does-that-really-mean designation, being a foggy-gray-area athlete has always kept me guessing about what I’m really...
...This year, my team entered into its second year as a competitive squad, receiving a bid to the crème-de-la-crème of collegiate cheerleading competitions—NCA Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida. Yet, this amazing accomplishment soon became overshadowed with the costs of the expedition, totaling a whopping $16,000 for entrance fees, travel expenses and lodging. Between practices, two-a-week basketball games, and fundraising to account for the hefty costs, the time commitment to cheerleading began to look like that of a varsity athlete...
...kick off the campaign, the men’s squad faced Duke in what seemed to be a glaring mismatch. The Crimson beat all expectations, though, when the team came out victorious in a 9-6 contest that saw the beginnings of Cohen’s brilliance. Harvard was down by one when Cohen tied it up thanks to a combined effort with captain Max Motschwiller. Then the freshman put the Crimson on top on the scoreboard, igniting a run that forced the Blue Devils into an unexpected deficit. Duke threatened to make a comeback, tying it up at three...
...Wareham pointed out that the one area the Harvard women hope to improve upon as the season progresses is their starts. She said the Crimson needs better consistency in getting off the line, as they were plagued this weekend with rather mediocre starts.Back in Cambridge, the Harvard co-ed squad decided to skip the six-hour van ride to St. Mary’s City over the weekend and opted to instead engage in some practice team racing with some Crimson alumni and other talented sailors.“With everyone having midterms and papers right now, we decided...
...altitudes of Afghanistan have led the Army to increasingly emphasize rapid delivery of anything that can lighten a soldier's load. As a result, the U.S. Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning, Ga., is experimenting with a 4,000-lb, six-wheeled semiautonomous, supply-carrying robot vehicle called the Squad Mission Support System (SMSS), which will likely head to the mountains of Afghanistan for testing sometime next year...