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...national Reparations Coordinating Committee, is an impractical and cosmetic means of achieving a worthy end—amends for the brutal experiences of blacks under slavery and segregation. Americans need to confront the realities of domestic racial inequalities; the issues of institutional disadvantages faced by blacks should not be swept under the table. But 137 years after slavery’s abolition, reparations would not be a constructive solution to these problems...
...Harvard swept the doubles matches for the day’s first point, with the No. 1 team of Lingman and Chu winning 8-0. Playing the No. 3 singles for the match was sophomore Chris Chiou and freshman Dan Haimovic, who made good use of their rare starting role with a tight...
...doubles sweep was fitting because Harvard also swept the singles matches. Lingman and Chu took the first two singles slots, with Nguyen and Riddell both winning handily in the No. 3 and No. 4 spots. Lee had the easiest time of any Harvard player, winning his sixth singles match over Columbia’s Arjun Kaul 6-0, 6-1. Junior Oli Choo, slowly coming back from a hand injury that forced him to miss the matches over spring break, won in the No. 5 position...
However, any disappointment the audience may have felt about the first song was immediately swept away by every song that followed it. Over the course of their set they played standard-type rock songs, such as the anthemic “What Do You Want Me to Say?” and the location-appropriate “Ice of Boston.” Dissonant and chaotic songs like “Girl O’Clock” relied upon Morrison’s incredible lyrical speed and pyrotechnics, and other songs simply belied categorization, such...
...Crimson is poised to make another run at an Ivy title and an NCAA berth. The team accomplished half of their goal last year when a great second-half run secured them a share of the league crown, but fell short of a tourney bid when co-champion Cornell swept the Crimson in a best-of-three playoff...