Word: fielding
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...main argument for the percentage policy is that it levels the socioeconomic playing field by giving hardworking students from underperforming secondary schools a chance to get a college education. Proponents of affirmative action, however, argue that this approach removes minority students from the top state universities. In California, for example, minority college enrollment has remained steady under the new system, but has tailed off at top schools, such as UC Berkeley and UCLA, and in the most competitive graduate programs. This phenomenon is known as "cascading" - dropping large chunks of minority populations down from top-tier to medium- and lower...
...fashioned National League-style ballgame yesterday afternoon at O'Donnell field--strong pitching, timely hitting and a tension-filled ending...
...struck early. In the second inning, facing Crimson starter Ryan Tsujikawa, Eagles left fielder Neal McCarthy walked and scored after a Mendoza double and a fielder's choice. Boston College also scored on a mental defensive mistake in the third inning. Shortstop Mike Hubbard singled down the right field line. Tsujikawa threw a wild pitch, but Lentz was slow to the ball and Hubbard was able to get all the way to third. He then scored on a sacrifice...
Things quieted down over the next several innings as a pitchers' duel ensued between Knapic and the Crimson's pitcher-by-committee. In the seventh, B.C. third baseman Eric Olson put reliever Dan Saken's low-and outside offering over the fence in right-center field to put the Eagles up for good. They added an insurance run in the eighth off a wild pitch...
With an athletics program that is already the envy of the Ivy League, Harvard will officially unveil two brand-new facilities, the Beren Tennis Center and Jordan Field, which will have be the new home for five varsity teams as well as the practice sites for the football and other teams...