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Last Saturday, before Harvard’s first ever Crossword Puzzle Tournament, FM sat down with Will Shortz, editor of The New York Times’ daily crossword, to talk about Rubik’s cubes, the English lexicon, and the word “ucalegon.”1.FM: Are you excited about the tournament today? WS: I am excited about the tournament. If you go back twenty years, crosswords were thought of as an old person thing and most people who created and solved puzzles were basically fifty and older…Now there seem...
...years ago, Yale beat Harvard in an intercollegiate crossword showdown. But this weekend, Harvard returned to the world of competitive puzzle solving at the First Annual Harvard Crossword Tournament. Though Yale would host a similar event on Wednesday, the Harvard tournament’s MC—Robert P. Ciofani ’09—told the assembled cruciverbalists that “We are going to show you why our tournament is better than Yale’s by bringing on Will Shortz.” Shortz is the editor of the New York Times?...
...year, or about $400 per sport, for the 29 existing club teams. This figure is woefully insufficient; teams face costs that easily exceed $400. The men’s rugby team’s proposed budget just for its trip to the national rugby tournament, for example, is $42,000. The men’s ultimate Frisbee team’s annual budget is $19,580. $450, even augmented by up-to-$2000 handouts from the UC, clearly doesn’t come close to making ends meet. In order to cover costs not paid for by the Department...
...Northeast Invitational in Portsmouth, R.I., this weekend as freshman Greg Shuman and sophomore Mike Shore tied for second place in the individual competition. The Crimson shot 299 on Saturday, adding to a 153 on Friday for a total score of 452. Eventual champion Rhode Island won the tournament with a 446, a mere six shots ahead of Harvard, and Sacred Heart took second with a 449. In addition to its regular five-player squad, the Crimson sent two golfers—Shore and senior captain Tom Hegge—to Portsmouth to compete as individuals. The pair led a contingent...
...fourth quarter, which the Crimson entered trailing, 7-3. “Ariel was having a really great game,” Snyder said. “She was making a lot of point-blank saves.” HARTWICK 16, HARVARD 1 In the first game of the tournament Hartwick College, the top seed and defending Eastern champion, dominated eighth-seeded Harvard. Before the game was even two minutes old, the Hawks had built a 3-0 advantage. By the end of the first quarter, they were up, 8-1. The Crimson scored its lone goal with less than...