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...angst that the lack of them has caused on campus. Young people today have lots of “contacts,” but few friends. When you don’t take the time to respect the people around you, it’s hard to get to know them and to befriend them. And I wish we did that more often...
...When you get into real world, it’s easy to believe you are the only one who doesn’t belong,” she said. “Remember, you see only their outsides—there could be a fleet of bats inside...
...Harvard men’s basketball team took on Princeton in front of a sold-out crowd, many of whom were students who had to lottery to get a ticket to the game. This happened several more times throughout the season, thanks to a group of students who marketed the games to the student body. The women’s basketball program never had students fighting to get tickets to its games. Furthermore, women’s basketball has won at least a share of 11 Ivy League championships in its history, including a devastating upset of No. 1 seed...
...Don’t get me wrong; I’m guilty of watching male sports more often than female sports too. Every March Madness, I find myself completing the men’s bracket while just acknowledging the front-runners of the women’s pool. But as a graduating female athlete at Harvard, I look back on my four years and am dumbfounded as to why this phenomenon occurs on both a professional and collegiate level...
...can’t help but wonder why there is such a difference in the wide world of sports fans. In 2007, the Harvard softball team struggled to get fans out to our games. It took the hosting of the first Ivy League Championship Series to really see some outside interest. The following year, the league decided to rework the softball and baseball schedules so both teams would play at home at the same time. This greatly benefited the softball team, as we were able to lure Harvard baseball fans—there seemed to always be an abundance...