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...even with our genes and backgrounds the same, my sister and I are very different people. Diana is a corporate lawyer; I'm a former magazine editor, now a literary agent. She studied classics at Bryn Mawr; I studied the history of religion at Vassar. She favors clothes that have actual colors in them; I opt for black. She's politically conservative; I'm more liberal. She's a pragmatist; I'm an optimist...
Every touring rock star deals with sarcastic audience requests. Very few deal with them like Stephen Malkmus, who, when asked to perform an Oasis song at a recent New York City show, deadpanned, "Sounds like we have some Vassar people here tonight." As lead singer and guitarist of Pavement--one of the most influential indie rock bands of the '90s--Malkmus was a hero to the college nerdoisie with his wry humor, obtuse lyrics and a string of critically lauded albums that failed nobly at the cash register. Pavement broke up last year, and Malkmus has wasted little time...
...Crimson players entered the match with the memory of the weekend's 3-0 loss to Vassar fresh on their minds, but quickly turned their focus to the task at hand, jumping out to an early 4-0 lead. Conspicuously absent from the Harvard lineup, though, was freshman phenom Juan Carlos Cardet, who was benched for the first game for arriving late to a team meeting...
...Colonials (5-3, 3-1), who had already defeated Vassar 3-0, suffered their first league loss of the year at the hands of the Crimson on Saturday...
...Vassar was led by senior Samuel Shweisky, who recorded 12 kills, and junior hitter Dave Paine, who had 10 kills in 17 attempts for a hitting percentage of .529. Setter Jeff Barr had 43 assisrs for the Brewers...