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...Harvard will have plenty of games to test its mettle this season. The non-conference schedule includes matchups against top-10 teams Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Boston College—which the Crimson could also face in the final of the Beanpot Tournament in February...
...biggest test of McDonald’s seasoning will come on Jan. 8, when the Eagles visit the Crimson at the Bright Hockey Center. McDonald admits that facing off against her former team for the first time is “going to be weird,” but she welcomes the opportunity...
...first two periods. The Bobcats took advantage, getting to sophomore goalie Christina Kessler twice on the power play to take the lead. “Early in the season when you’re still working on your penalty kill you don’t necessarily want to test it that much,” Stone said. But Kessler held her own between the pipes. Quinnipiac pelted the net with 21 shots in the first two periods, only two of which got past the Harvard netminder, who flashed the glove to make a few nice saves in the opening frame...
...Though the Harvard of 2007 is a progressive and admirable institution, something has been lost. We’ve mistaken grades, test scores, meaningless extracurriculars, and our college admission as a collective barometer for the successful young person. These are components of personal success, but they are irrelevant if, as individuals, we are deficient in intellectual depth. Only when we recognize (and change) this, will we be able to get something worthwhile out of college...
...visit by Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House on November 5 marks an important test of the relationship between America and its best ally in the Muslim world. In Erdogan, the U.S. has a friend who is that rarest of rarities: a democratically elected, democratically minded, economically liberal Islamist - an important bridge between the Muslim world and the secular West. The U.S. needs Erdogan as much as Erdogan needs Washington's cooperation in a recent slew of crises...