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...still-filling Yale Bowl, the Harvard football team was in trouble. Though it had come into the 126th playing of The Game as the heavy favorite—boasting a 5-1 Ivy record and an outside chance at a share of the conference title—the Crimson had gotten off to a sluggish start in the first quarter and found itself staring at the wrong end of a 10-0 score...
...It’s still setting in,” captain Carl Ehrlich said after the triumph. “Ending the year with a win, especially in that fashion—it’s unbelievable...
...Still, losing its title hopes did not dampen the excitement for Crimson football. With the 126th playing of The Game left on the slate, Harvard ensured a memorable closure to the 2009 season. After spotting Yale a 10-0 lead through three quarters, the Crimson orchestrated a furious comeback—punctuated by a pair deep touchdown passes from Winters to senior Matt Luft and junior Chris Lorditch—that left the crowd at the Yale Bowl in shock. With Winters’ pair of bombs and a little help from a questionable fake punt call by the Bulldogs...
Floating hurts, but I believe being plopped into murky water could benefit more than a few Harvard undergrads. The College should maintain its incredible housing system with all the social and academic perks it has offered to students for the past century. But at the same time, it should still seek to lessen stigma and anxiety surrounding floating. Although a difficult task, Harvard should better attempt to create a culture that emphasizes the freedom of floating...
Business and economics: The free market is still the foundation of prosperity, but the rules of the road have to change to align benefits and costs with decision-making. We have felt the consequences of bankers leveraging other people’s money on speculative bets or politicians dispensing favors using debt that will be saddled on the next generation. The new architecture of business and political economy will have to assure that those who gamble must bear their own losses, and that public spending does not distribute benefits today while postponing burdens until the next generation...