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...past seasons, we had races in which other boats were just completely out of it,” Newell said. “There used to be just a handful of fast crews in the league, but this year it is just so much closer. But this is exactly what lightweight racing should be. It should be racing where you’re contesting it for seven-tenths of a second, and where no one is giving up for the whole 2,000 meters. We’re just really happy that we could have a race against Princeton that...
With a week and a half to go until the Eastern Sprints, there is certainly time for the Crimson to find more speed. A perfect dual season record brings Harvard one step closer to realizing its dream, but for these oarsmen, it will be their finish at Sprints and IRAs that matters most...
France’s cultural and legal struggle with the question of Muslim immigration arose again with French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s proposal to outlaw the wearing of the burqa in public places. His suggestion seems serious, since Belgium moved one step closer to passing a similar bill last Thursday, and comparable debates are occurring in Italy and the Netherlands. Supporters argue that the law would defend women’s freedom and help ensure safety on public transit. However, we oppose the bill soon-to-be under consideration in France as an unjust and unjustifiable measure...
...role of final club members also deserves a closer evaluation: The University has put unbelievable pressure on final clubs to function as campus-wide social venues, forcing their presidents to take on enormous personal liability and their members to shoulder the large financial burdens associated with hosting weekly social events. Physically, final clubs were not built to host campus-wide events that could accommodate the same number of students as House dining halls, the old Student Union (now the Barker Center) or even the old Hasty Pudding Theatre (now mainly classrooms). In this sense, the University has placed final clubs...
Although controversy stands out in a cursory examination of Lord’s work, a closer look reveals an inventive and nuanced thinker. Despite Lord’s concern with radicalism—in her own words, an interest in “different kinds of margins”—her work still boasts broad relevance and appeal...