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Harvard's top hockey rival should field a strong entry this year. Cornell (16-14-2, 10-9-1, 4th) swept the Crimson in the first round of the playoffs last year with its superior team size and strength. Led by the 6'1, 205-pound McRae twins, the Big Red has big players who know how to get the puck to the net. With his recruiting class this year, Head Coach Mike Shafer has added smaller, finesse players like Ryan Vesche and Jason Kuczmanski to complement his veterans...
...Crimson, which posted an 11-15-2 (9-10-2 ECAC) record last season, only needed a win in its final game to secure a top-five finish and home-ice advantage. A 2-0 loss to RPI instead forced Harvard to travel to Cornell where it was swept in straight games in arguably the hardest rink for a visiting team to play in college hockey...
...ballot measure symbolizes the groundswell of opposition to MCAS that has swept the state as the high-stakes and high-standards test approaches for this year's sophomores, who must pass in order to receive a high school diploma. Several groups based in Cambridge have begun lobbying legislators and the state Board of Education to loosen or abolish the requirement. Their effort has not been in vain--there is a bill to that effect pending in the state legislature. In addition, at least 23 school committees around the state have formally stated their opposition to requiring students to pass MCAS...
...President Al Gore delivered a stinging rebuke of Gov. George W. Bush's tax-cut plan today, calling it a redistribution of wealth that amounted to 'class warfare on behalf of billionaires.'" Bush story from Portland goes second and ledes like the gov's own: "Gov. George W. Bush swept up the West Coast today...
...first half, and then in the opening minutes of the second half, Dartmouth had a chance on its third penalty corner of the day, but freshman keeper Katie Zacarian made a great save in which she dove down for the stop, hid the ball momentarily, and then swept...