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...high school, the prospects of playing major Division I sports while also receiving first-class educations were irresistible.“When I made the varsity team,” Weitzen reminisces, “I realized football was my shot into school—this was my ticket.”Similarly, McCrone spent his high school years dedicated to basketball, moving from his hometown of Shanty Bay, Ont. to Baltimore to devote himself to the sport.Harvard coach Frank Sullivan liked what he saw, inviting McCrone to join the basketball team—a squad that the senior...
With that first bid comes so much more—increased ticket sales and increased recognition by the student body and national media, not to mention better leverage and recruiting, all of which often create the momentum that propels a program towards long-term success...
...Getting the rights to perform “Chicago” required a much larger fee than most shows. When combined with other expenses, the show racked up a debt of $5,798 by early February. Yet the ambitious Hanley plans not only to recoup that amount in ticket sales, but also to turn a profit—of over $20,000. If he and his team succeed, they will donate the profits to the Office for the Arts at Harvard as an endowment for House drama productions.Part of the agreement prohibited the students from changing anything in the show?...
...Task Force will hold a lottery to choose the students that will sample the cheesecake, apple pie, brownies, and beer. Corker said that the pub hopes to encourage school spirit—donning House banners on the walls and offering half-price appetizers for those who show their ticket stubs to sports events. Corker also said the pub staff has discussed honoring students’ 21st birthdays by offering free appetizers and a drink-recipe book. Though the pub will check IDs at the bar, the pub will be open to all ages. “Even though you can?...
...compete.” Instead of the grueling battle or quick Yale upset that many had predicted, it was Grigg who emerged with a 9-4, 9-5, 9-3 win. Grigg made short work (18 minutes) of another Bulldog, No. 2 seed Miranda Ranieri, to punch her ticket to a bout with Lorentzen in Sunday’s final. And it made for a final with little appeal to anyone outside the small Harvard contingent in Amherst for the weekend—which was fine with both of them. “It was really exciting—maybe...