Word: squash
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...bombardment of injustices we face when we cross the threshold into the servery. It’s finding out that the menu lied to us. It’s having carbohydrates and nothing else shoved down our throats at brain break. It’s the squash. Ultimately, whether it’s having hot breakfast torn from our fingers or the near-mutiny resulting from the removal of Korean barbeque, Harvard University Dining Services perhaps is the most heinous agent of them...
...Gordons on Harvard is hard to ignore. Members of the family invested in the Murr Center, in the outdoor track, and in the soccer program, among other sports. Albert F. Gordon ’59 said he gave around $10,000 for the women’s squash team to take a training and service trip to India in January. The Albert H. Gordon Track and Tennis Center and the Albert H. Gordon Professorship of Business Administration bear the name of his late father, the class of 1923 alumnus and former Crimson editor who ran track and led a stock...
...contract non-renewal of squash coach Satinder P. Bajwa left the younger Gordon at a crossroads between his friend and his—and his father’s—alma mater, and the choice he made to stay loyal to Bajwa has put Harvard in a position where it could stand to lose access to thousands of dollars...
...Bajwa has not been bashful in his ties to the Indian subcontinent. In January, he took the women’s team on a trip—subsidized by Gordon—to India, where, in addition to playing matches, team members helped underprivileged children and trained them in squash...
Gertler believes that all of these efforts were just the beginning of creating international ties between Harvard and the larger squash community...