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Rampant conjecture about academic standards, accusations leveled at the coaching staff, and debate over recruits have recently placed Harvard’s barketball program in the national spotlight and diverted attention away from the games themselves. Amidst mostly unwelcome attention, however, a basic reality has been overlooked. This season is not over yet.This weekend, the Crimson end the year at home against conference foes Brown (17-9, 9-3 Ivy) tonight and Yale (11-15, 5-7 Ivy) tomorrow night. Harvard suits up at Lavietes Pavilion following a deuce of losses in New York last weekend that began with...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Finishes With Ivy Matchups | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...viewer’s eyes. This theme is another deviation from the typical Ashanti video, in which relationships always work out and the man doesn’t want to be with any other chick but Ashanti. Also, in this video, there’s no elephant. The basic plot is simple enough to follow. Girl loves boy. Boy cheats. Girl catches and kills boy. Or does she? After many “CSI”-style shots and a glimpse of Ashanti feeling up a kitchen knife, the singer has a moment of clarity in the bathtub. At this...

Author: By Rachel S. Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Ashanti | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...design center?” Why does a department of a non-profit need a Director for Business Planning and Development? And why, oh why, has the intellectual home of Larry Summers and Harvey Mansfield been allowed to banish the free market from what has always been the basic building block of the human economy: food. The time is long past for a change. Students, faculty, and most of all house masters and resident deans need to band together, come up with a reasonable solution, and strip control of food from HUDS...

Author: By Alexander L. Edelman | Title: Reform Dining Services at Harvard Immediately | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...earlier life - even in childhood - tend to set people up for arthritis, especially if the injuries aren't treated correctly. "Even a bad ankle sprain could raise the risk of osteoarthritis," says Buckwalter. He therefore advises getting the best possible care after injuring a joint. This can be as basic as resting and icing a sprained ankle or knee and then resuming activity gradually and carefully, starting out with physical therapy, if necessary. "If you have joint injury, make sure that you select activities that don't increase risk. You want to avoid repetitive twisting and pounding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joint Replacements Expected to Soar | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

Obama supporters and some media commentators, however, have suggested that Clinton's campaign in Pennsylvania is top-heavy and poorly organized, pointing to the fact that she failed to fill all 103 slots on her delegate slate - a routine and basic exercise in political organizing - despite a two-day deadline extension from the governor. "It indicates to me they weren't sufficiently prepared for this and they fell asleep at the switch," Madonna said. The campaign, however, dismisses this as "a story about nothing," saying a few would-be delegates failed to file their paperwork for personal reasons, such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Primary to End All Primaries? | 3/5/2008 | See Source »

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