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...Part of the leverage was in effect making Harvard the Nike of higher education,” says McKean. “From the beginning we were cognizant that we had to build a strong base on campus, be accountable to the workers, and run a campaign in good faith. But the administration had no incentive to pay workers more. Part of creating that incentive was always going to be publicity...
...just as brazenly, electing to throw down to second, only to cut off the throw and come back home. Both steal attempts were two-out tries when Harvard could’ve settled for the out at second and sacrificed the run or just given the Rams the free base and focused on the batter...
That sense of urgency didn’t quite carry over when the Crimson was on the basepaths, though. Harvard moved just one runner over to third base all afternoon. That can partly be explained by the fact that opportunities to steal or play hit-and-run “just didn’t come up,” as Farkes said...
Junior captain and pitcher Kara Brotemarkle battled a determined Suzanna Friel of Holy Cross, who managed a spinning line drive to second base for the second out. Brotemarkle avoided the last threat, forcing a pop fly to third base to end the inning...
...think there an awful lot of people in the world of journalism looking for a broader base of thinkers [than the Bush administration],” he said...