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...working on.”THE ‘BIG QUESTION MARK’The state-of-the-art scientific facilities in Allston will be expensive, and some say they are wary that the University—already engaged in numerous construction projects in Cambridge—will stretch its resources too thin once it begins construction.A major capital campaign originally set to launch in 2006 was delayed last spring and is unlikely to begin before a new president is chosen, an acknowledgment that major donors will be reluctant to commit resources without knowing who will be at the helm...
When Harvard held off Princeton down the stretch last year at home, it appeared that the Tigers’ remarkable penchant for dishing out last-second agony to the Crimson had finally been overcome. This year, however, Princeton proved its cruel dominance of Harvard basketball is still very much in effect. Trailing by six points with under a minute to play in this February’s game at Lavietes Pavilion, the Tigers came back to pull out a 60-59 win on Noah Savage’s baseline jumper with less than a second to play. The impossible victory...
...Trinity, Penn, Princeton, and Yale, plus the Howe Cup on its home courts at the end of February. The team was confident in its ability to take down the two-time defending champion Bulldogs. But it was third-ranked Trinity that tripped up the Crimson’s undefeated stretch. On Feb. 4, Trinity surprised visiting Harvard with a 6-3 defeat in Hartford. The loss was concerning not only because it shook up the rankings, but because both Lorentzen and Grigg fell to their Bantam opponents. The setback, however, proved key in preparation for the Crimson?...
...nagging shoulder injury. McKiernan posted some of his best numbers in Harvard's biggest games. In Harvard's March 18 victory over eventual Hay Division champion East Stroudsburg, the middle hitter registered 25 kills on .657 hitting and added six blocks in a 3-1 win. Down the stretch, McKiernan's teammates looked to the co-captain with the match on the line. And more often than not, he delivered. "You know if you set Seamus the ball, fifty to sixty percent of the time, he's going to kill it," junior Dave Fitz said. "For me, as a setter...
...points per game—the 28th-best mark in the country. And when the final buzzer on her career sounded as the Crimson fell to UNH in the Frozen Eight, Raimondi’s offense in her senior season had carried Harvard to an impressive run down the stretch. —GABRIEL M. VELEZ