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After wrapping up the Ivy League Championships last Sunday, the Harvard men’s and women’s fencing teams set off to compete in the IFA Championships in Waltham, Mass., in what may have been a preview of the NCAA Regionals next Sunday. “[The IFA tournament] is a symbolic event, which historically was the national fencing championship before the NCAA,” Crimson coach Peter Brand said. “It dates back more than 100 years. It’s essentially one of those beauty pageant events...
...sabre Valentin Staller, and freshman epee James Hawrot. Although Harvard’s finish at the tournament was less than ideal, the Crimson showed promise for its future—especially from freshmen Staller and Hawrot. Both Harvard teams will compete next Saturday at the IFA tournament held in Waltham, Mass. The women will use the tournament to stay fresh before they make a run for the national title this March. —Staff writer Melissa Schellberg can be reached at mlschell@fas.harvard.edu...
...dead body found Monday under Eliot Bridge on the Allston side of the Charles River has been identified as a missing 31-year-old Waltham man, according to Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. The name of the individual has not yet been released. Initial attempts to ascertain the body’s age, race, and gender proved fruitless because of its advanced state of decomposition, according to Wark, but the body was ultimately identified through dental records. An autopsy was performed yesterday to gain more information, including the cause of death. The district...
...bring in people from communities all around who are not necessarily Chinese or Asian but love the idea of exploring these cultures,” Jillson said. Among the procession of parade-goers were many families eager to expose their children to Chinese culture. Kristen Sopko, a resident of Waltham Mass., came with her four-year-old daughter Katherine, who sat on her father’s shoulders to get a better view of the festivities. “We only read about it or saw it on TV,” Sopko said. “We want...
There's a Stephen Sondheim lyric that says it all: "Art isn't easy." Last week Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., stunned both the academic and art worlds when it announced that it would shut down its Rose Art Museum and sell the collection. The reason was an institutional budget crisis - not at the museum, which is largely self-sufficient, but at the university. Since June, Brandeis has seen its endowment fall from $712 million to $530 million. Over the next six years it projects a budget shortfall totaling $79 million. And the collapse of Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi...