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...From “pre-frosh” weekend, presumptive Harvard students are nursed on bile toward Yale. Echoes of the rivalry reverberate in orientation sessions and programs during early September’s Freshmen Week. By the opening kickoff of the football season a few weeks later, the newest class at Harvard has become proudly aware of its identity not only with the red-brick, ivy-clad walls they will call home, but also with a long and storied tradition extending back into time as immemorial as it gets on this side of the Atlantic...
...this exuberance, this pride, this community disappears suddenly as the exceedingly ambitious, driven, and self-motivated freshmen get absorbed in their studies, banal extracurricular pursuits, and the demands of quotidian life. For the remainder of the undergraduate tenure, Harvard pride makes a triumphant re-entry only four succeeding times: each year on the weekend before Thanksgiving. For the rest of the time, Harvard students are sometimes critical of, often self-deprecating about, but mostly oblivious to their college’s rich past...
...Harvard women’s squash team (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) swept its season-opening matches against Brown, Stanford, and Williams to bring its lifetime record against the teams to a collective 14-0. Despite graduating 2007 national champion Kyla Grigg ’07 and starting only freshmen and sophomores—including two walk-ons—on the nine-woman squad, the team showed confidence and poise on the way to victory. The Crimson began the season beset with injuries, with 2007 All-Ivy senior Supriya Balsekar out with a hip injury for at least...
...straight games, dispelling any doubt about the quality of players and the new leadership. “We certainly have a different team this season,” said sophomore Colin West, who won at the No. 1 position. “We got a lot of good freshmen this year, and we are not going to be the same team as last year, but I felt fantastic. I think we have lot of potential for improvement this year.” There was no doubt about potential, as three freshmen—Richard Hill at No. 2, J. Reed...
...Crimson” headbands to the fans. Seven students decked out in Harvard attire took the stage to compete for the title of “Most Spirited Fan.” The aspiring fans were first asked Harvard-related questions by Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67—who was sporting out a “Go Crimson” headband—and mathematics professor Benedict H. Gross ’71, the former dean of the College. The top four contestants were asked “Miss America”-style questions...