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...uncharacteristic turnovers and cold shooting sent Harvard to an early disadvantage. After a seesaw battle in the opening minutes, the Big Red opened up a 31-16 lead on a 16-2 run punctuated by a Katie Fitzsimmons three-pointer and a pair of free throws from freshman standout Jeomi Maduka. Fitzsimmons continued with the hot hand, finishing 7-of-10 from the arc and a game-high 23 points. “We were having a little bit of a hard time converting, getting a little bit ahead of ourselves,” Rollins said...
Another of “Mimi’s” standout songs, “Circles,” expands upon “Mine Again’s” soul aesthetic. The song beings with a driving electric piano riff; a pulsating bass line kicks in soon after; and a cadre of background singers harmonize nicely while Mariah tears into the lyrics like a latter-day Aretha Franklin...
With a mix of stories meant to elicit laughter and sympathy, the first-half of the production outshines the latter, clumsier second act. Humor takes center stage in a number of standout sketches: “My Angry Vagina” becomes a hilarious tale of the woes of being a female when in the able hands of Julia “JC” E. Cassis ’06 and Nicole M. Laws...
...handing melodies off to one another with facility and grace. Soprano Amanda Forsythe was terrific singing the aria “Misera, dove son!”. But pianist and composer Aaron L. Berkowitz, a second year student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, was the clear standout. His performance of the Adagio movement from Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 23” was novel in all the best ways. Foregoing the sumptuous melodic slush favored by many pianists who look for any available opportunity to jerk Romantic tears from a sympathetic audience...
...viewers, especially those familiar with the recent exploits of Katey Stone’s women’s hockey teams, there were a few familiar visages among the bunch. There was Sarah Vaillancourt, a sophomore-to-be, gleeful after helping Canada—a squad which included former Crimson standout Jennifer Botterill ’02-’03—storm through the tournament for the gold medal. The Canadians topped their opponents by a whopping 46-2 margin over five games, culminating in a convincing 4-1 victory over Sweden in the final, with Botterill tallying...