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...ended any hopes of a Crimson postseason run last year, handing the team a season-ending 68-62 loss in a playoff to determine the league’s automatic NCAA bid. A win by Harvard this time around would build momentum for a team striving for its third straight Ivy title...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Looks for Revenge in Ivy Opener | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

...Wednesday marked the second straight day that many European nations received but a trickle of Russian gas pumped via Ukrainian pipelines. Ukraine is pivotal to Europe's gas supply; about 80% of Russian gas normally flows through Ukraine, and Russia provides 25% of Europe's gas. The latest cuts are the result of a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the price Ukraine should pay for gas. Russian energy monopoly Gazprom says the per-unit price of $179 that Ukraine pays is a subsidized relic from the Cold War-era and that it is no longer offset by Ukrainian pumping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Gazprom Diplomacy: Turning Off Europe's Heat | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

...injured and a fourth limited. Freshman Andrew Van Nest is out for the season with a shoulder injury and junior Pat Magnarelli has not played this season due to a knee injury—though he may begin a comeback attempt soon. Senior Evan Harris missed his third straight game, while freshman Keith Wright was not near 100 percent physically in his second game back from illness...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Forward Comes Up Big Against Taller Team | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

...publicly report violations of the Humane Slaughter Act. Yet a Government Accountability Office report last year found that the USDA had not only failed to consistently report violations, but had actively falsified its reports. Given that two of the last three undersecretaries for Marketing and Regulatory Programs came straight from jobs at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association—a group with a clear incentive to hide slaughterhouse violations—this should be cause for concern...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Memo to Vilsack | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

...expect to allow in a victory—the Crimson held UCSB scoreless in the final two minutes. “They got grizzled by our defense, and we were able to capitalize on their mistakes,” Finelli said. The win was the third straight for Harvard after a disappointing loss at Boston University on Dec. 9. “It’s a huge game for us in that we’ve been able to come back from that game,” Finelli said. “[UCSB] plays in a big conference...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Resilient Crimson Topples UC Santa Barbara in Comeback Thriller | 1/4/2009 | See Source »

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