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...league that turned out to be Harvard’s downfall, as the team opened the Ivy campaign with the seniors’ first-ever loss to Penn. Freshman phenom Dean Gibbons peaked at the right moment, giving the Crimson a shot in games against a tough schedule that included eventual tournament teams Denver and perennial juggernaut Duke in between No. 7 Cornell, No. 15 Princeton, and No. 18 Brown. Gibbons ended his rookie campaign second on the team with 28 points split evenly between goals and assists, but his efforts fell short—the team failed...
...high-minded impulse to change one’s country and the world is naïve or irrational, then what is the rational alternative? Is it that the world is unchangeable? Change is tough, but should we all resign ourselves to working within the confines of massive institutions that claim to tangentially effect “real” progress? Big institutions can often be agents for social change, but many times the young people that go work for them are too narrowly concerned with their own personal goals. A so-called reasoned impulse, it seems, leads only...
...Harvard men’s heavyweight crew team, the best is yet to come. Hopefully.After a tough dual racing season and a disappointing finish at Eastern Sprints, where the varsity eight failed to make the Grand Final for the first time in 44 years, the Crimson looks to end its season on a high note at the IRA National Championships and 143rd Annual Harvard-Yale Regatta.“As far as IRAs, that’s our greatest concern right now,” captain six-seat Joe Medioli said. “There’s no doubt...
...Crimson men’s basketball team, but in the end it was yet another year in which a disappointing Ivy League losing streak crushed any hopes of achieving Harvard’s first conference title. The Crimson’s most notable win came during the tough pre-Ivy schedule in a game in which current Harvard coach Tommy Amaker faced off against his former squad. The resounding 62-51 victory over Michigan in front of a packed Lavietes Pavilion was a huge morale boost for Harvard. The Crimson looked ready to shake things up in the Ancient Eight...
...Minn. to play Wisconsin in the national semifinals.Unfortunately, this fairytale didn’t have the happiest of endings. Harvard fell, 4-1, in Minnesota, as the Badgers handed the Crimson a season-ending loss for the second consecutive year.“Of course, it’s tough to lose in that situation, and for me, I really felt that this was my best shot at winning a national championship. I was really convinced that this was going to be our year, but you can’t plan these things,” Cahow said...