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Professors and students at the Law School are placing their bets on the legal legitimacy of online poker. Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson ’60, the founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society and of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, is exploring the possibility of a bill that will remove congressional limitations on online gaming. In 2006, Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, barring U.S. banks from transferring money to online gaming companies. But this April, Rep. Barney Frank ’61 (D-Mass.) introduced a bill...
...crew ended the race 11 seconds behind defending national champion Brown, which wound up fourth and 17 seconds behind collegiate winner Michigan. The race started well for the Black and White, which kept up with Brown over the first half of the course. But after passing Weld Boathouse, the crew lost speed and fell back over the final third. In head racing, in which a boat does not have its opponents in its sights to push the squad to row faster, this slowing down is bound to occur. “Our stroke rate was higher than we expected...
...coaching days. Tucker rowed all four years as an undergraduate, racing in the heavyweight varsity eight in the last three. In 1989, she was a member of the undefeated eight that won Eastern Sprints and attained All-Ivy League status in the process.Tucker has been a staple at Weld Boathouse for years a fundamental force in Radcliffe history as a rower and a coach. The question now becomes what will happen without her.Stevens, who is set to replace Tucker until June, is excited and prepared for the task.“It’s an incredibly strong program...
...better rower than I was a swimmer.”Larsen-Strecker, on the other hand, has been rowing on the Charles for seven years, giving a young team an experienced veteran who knows the ins and outs of varsity racing.Even with these different paths to the Weld Boathouse, Demers and Larsen-Strecker share a common leadership philosophy.“I don’t think we’re that different in our leadership skills,” Demers says. “We both lead by example—we’re both not that vocal...
...digging up Indian burial grounds. So, picture my horror last week when I walked out of my Matthews dorm to find a full excavation site in place under the guise of discovering old Native American artifacts. I brushed off my initial shock and grudgingly took an indirect route to Weld laundry room. At least, I thought, the work must be important if University officials were willing to let a bunch of students tear up the picturesque yard...