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...glory days from elementary school.” The mood was social and collegial as spectators cheered on friends and dormmates; Duc P. Luu ’12 of Thayer was greeted with a rousing “Quack, Quack, Quack” from his cheering squad as he took the stage to successfully spell the word “donnybrook.” The words increased in obscurity and difficulty as the competition wore on, with more common words such as “retaliate” eventually giving way to lexicographical oddities such as “cummerbund...
...Prompted by the 1969 storming of University Hall by student activists, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences took a strong stand against the Corps that year, officially requesting that the University refuse to grant credit from all ROTC courses. The University’s current relationship with the Corps was solidified in 1976, after a Faculty vote allowed cadets’ cross-registration at MIT, but without the possibility of credit...
...boats at Sprints and it’s a good opportunity to test ourselves.” The crews will also be competing for the Vogel Cup, awarded to the squad with the most overall points in the day’s five races. Last year, Princeton took the Goldthwait Cup by winning the varsity eight, but Yale took the other four races to claim the Vogel Cup. The Crimson finished third in four of the five races and finished second in the freshman eight. The Harvard heavyweights, meanwhile, have an intriguing matchup of their own in Annapolis, Md., where...
Citing everything from University records to John Singleton Copley paintings to Gilmore Girls, the Archive contains more information than anyone could possibly want to know about the squirrel and Harvard life. FlyBy took the liberty to peruse the Archive (read: pore over the site in a state of utter disbelief) and found five things that every Harvard student should know. Find out what they are after the jump...
...With business taken care of on the defensive side of the court, freshman Matt Jones and Weissbourd took care of the rest. Two consecutive kills by Jones gave the Crimson a slim 22-18 lead, and it would be just enough for Harvard to pull out a 33-31 victory in the second...