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Last chances abound for the Class of 2007 in this, the final stretch of their lives as Harvard College students. For a select portion of the class, a last chance at one of undergraduate education’s greatest honors turned out to be their best. In ceremonies to be held today, the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) will acquire 91 new members, increasing the total number of this year’s PBK graduates to 163. Invitations to the honor society are first extended in the spring of every academic class’ junior year, at which...
...Delaney-Smith didn’t have the same luck in the 2007 tournament, but the No. 15 seed Crimson hung with the defending national champion Terrapins in the first half. It couldn’t keep pace with Maryland’s five returning starters down the stretch, however, in an 89-65 loss. A disappointment, sure. But it was only a small dip on the rollercoaster ride that was Harvard’s 2007 season.“This season, for me and for every one of my players, was the agony and the ecstasy...
These results, though, are not just a mere decade’s worth, but stretch over the 46 years Parker has been a presence at Newell boathouse—an era colored consistently with gold. They include nine national championships, 21 varsity firsts at Eastern Sprints, 19 undefeated seasons, and a dual coaching record of 275-41-1—a success rate of 87 percent. He has also, outside the bounds of Harvard, coached five different US Olympic rowing teams...
...Then, as they came through the first 500, Cornell and the Crimson both started to make a push, drawing themselves up with Georgetown in the middle stretch of the race to fight it out between the three of them for the medal positions...
...This “pink scare” is the last in a long stretch of investigations into possible Communist activities at universities. Throughout the McCarthy era, Harvard students and faculty remained vehement in their defense of academic freedom and the unconstitutionality of the investigations...