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...you’re in, let’s focus on picks. For the most part, the early rounds will be dominated by rank. It’s far too rare for a 14-, 15- or 16-seed to advance past the first round to pick more than one upset. The exception to the rule is sticking with your favorite teams one round further than what’s reasonable, so God help you if you’re an Alabama State fan taking on No. 1 Duke. Same goes for those who have an unremitting hatred of certain colleges...
...fourth game, the questionable officiating increased and Booth became frustrated, arguing vehemently with the referee. Nonetheless, Booth was able to complete the upset and won the fourth game 9-6, advancing into the quarterfinals. Despite the different outcomes, the similarity between the Swanepoel and Rosen matches was not lost on co-captain Ziggy Whitman...
...doubles spot, USC’s Christyn Lucas and Fallon Koon defeated junior Ashley Hyotte and Wang, 8-4. Crimson co-captains Susanna Lingman and Bergman, the No. 16 tandem in the nation, were upset by the same score by Laura Ganzer and Danielle Wiggins, who locked up the doubles point for USC. Ayako Suzuki and Miranda Gutierrez finished off the sweep for the Gamecocks with an 8-6 triumph over sophomore Melissa Anderson and freshman Preethi Mukundan...
...preserve some semblance of House community, first-years should walk the quarter of a mile to Annenberg or explore what else the Harvard community has to offer in other Houses—you might even be lotteried into one of them at the end of this month. And upset upperclassmen should concentrate their vitriol on making their own House experiences better, rather than hindering Adams’ efforts to make ours tolerable...
...Socialist Party's dramatic upset victory in Spain's election on Sunday may be counted by al-Qaeda as its first success in the business of regime-change. It's certainly true that before last Thursday's horrific train bombings in Madrid that killed 201 people and wounded more than 1,000, the conservative Popular Party - whose outgoing leader, Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar had been the Bush administration's closest Iraq-war ally in Europe - had looked set to coast home by a 5 to 8 percent margin. But once it became clear that bombers came from al-Qaeda...