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...Before the game, the loudspeaker played a recording of Nikki Giovanni's now-iconic poem from Wednesday's convocation, "We are Virginia Tech." The home team players huddled and said a prayer. The University of Miami coach presented a $10,000 check for a memorial fund. The check got a rousing applause from the crowd, but it also seemed like a preemptive apology from Miami for what turned out to be a 11-9 victory against Tech. As Robert McDaniel, one of University of Miami team managers, told me before the game, "Once the umpire says 'play ball,' you gotta...
...many attendees of Picture Balata’s opening reception last Wednesday, the event’s strong pro-Palestinian view of the Israeli occupation was explicit. The moving testimonies of three children from the Balata Refugee Camp in the West Bank, coupled with their bleak photographs, vividly portrayed the hardships that these teenagers have had to face in a volatile refugee camp...
...pitchers to get through the game, one was plenty for the Eagles. BC starter Ted Ratliff spread eight hits over a complete game performance, striking out nine while allowing only one walk. Ratliff has become an all-too familiar sight for the Crimson. When Harvard faced the Eagles last Wednesday, Ratliff entered the game in the fifth inning with his team up 4-3 and the Crimson gaining offensive momentum. He proceeded to strike out ten batters over five innings of shutout work. The senior has now defeated Harvard four times over the last two seasons. “He?...
...Last Wednesday, three children arrived at Harvard from Balata, a small town in the West Bank, and spoke about the trauma of living under Israeli occupation. This was part of the Picture Balata project, which gives young children, ages 11 to 18, cameras and tells them to document life in their small town. The stories the children told were both emotional and moving. However, why would children be chosen to communicate such a complex and controversial political issue...
...instructing a class of academic all-stars who also happened to be high-level dancers. TEACHING AND DANCING However, instead of the lectures and sections which made up her fall course, Watts’ spring class is hands on and requires more than a little, well, sweat. Every Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon, some of Harvard’s most advanced ballet students fill the 60 Garden St. studio to take her intensive technique class and learn snippets of classical and contemporary choreography. Watts decided to teach parts of famous solos to the two boys and 18 girls...