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...metal pipe while walking in the Science Center Plaza at approximately 12:20 a.m. yesterday, according to a community advisory e-mail issued by the Harvard University Police Department. The attack was allegedly part of an attempted armed robbery. According to the advisory, the student was leaving Harvard Yard through Thayer Gate, walking between Memorial Hall and Cambridge Street, when the perpetrator attempted to take her purse. The student was hit on the head with the metal pipe and sustained some minor injuries. She evaded the alleged suspect by running away, and has since been treated at a local hospital...
...turning point in the history of the College. With the recent end of World War II came the GI Bill and a subsequent rush of veterans looking to complete their college educations. This was in addition to the regular set of high school seniors vying to enter the Yard. Facing the task of turning away an unprecedented number of applicants, the College was forced to review its admissions standards...
...decent tournament,” Harvard coach Kevin Rhoads said. “It would have been nice to come away with the win, but Princeton played slightly better than we did.” Crimson sophomore Mia Kabasakalis tore her way through the par-72, 6018-yard course, leading her team with a total score of 154, which put her in a tie for fifth. Building upon a first-day 78 with a second-day 76, she finished only four strokes behind Eva Mayr of Fairleigh Dickinson, who earned medalist honors at 150. “Mia?...
...Until then, campus activists will wage fruitless campaigns. They’ll pass out flyers and wear ribbons and march on the Yard, but to no avail. And they will likely ignore these words of caution, as they are convinced of the righteousness of their causes. Many protestors like to quote Frederick Douglass, who once said that those who want freedom without agitation “want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.” But point out that these protests don’t make so much as a splash, and campus activists seem...
...commission. DeHart, for example, says he usually receives about 30% of an auction's proceeds. He started running grocery auctions three months ago. During one five-hour auction in March, bidders paid $10,000 for groceries that retailed for $26,000. (See pictures of the world's longest yard sale...