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...problem with high humidity deep in the cave," says Pascal Allard, the cave's director. "Thanks to the work that's been done in Lascaux, we don't have to spend so much time figuring out how to monitor conditions here. We're doing the same kind of meter-by-meter surveillance of the cave that they developed there. We don't have the same kind of problems, but that's partly because Lascaux has shown the importance of limiting visitation and keeping a close eye on the cave's condition." The same precautions are maintained at font de gaume...
...Saretsky as Haggerty’s replacement, effective July 1. Saretsky, the associate director of the track and field program at Iona College, is a 1999 graduate of Columbia University. In college, he starred as a two-time All-Ivy runner and Ivy League Heptagonal champion in the 3200-meter relay. In five years at Iona, Saretsky led the Gaels to four straight top-10 finishes at the NCAAs. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
Americans have resigned themselves to an inexorable fate. With a sigh and a shrug, they pull the gas pump off its handle, swipe their credit card, and cringe as the price meter climbs so fast that the dollar digit seems stuck at eight. Frustrated at their bills, they might rant to their friends, or perhaps even call their congressman...
DERBY, CONN.—If only the course had been 100 meters longer, the start a little crisper, or the first 1,000 meters more aggressive.The if-onlys abound, but they won’t do much to bring the Goldthwait Cup back to Cambridge for the fourth consecutive year.The Harvard varsity lightweights’ surge in the final 500 meters proved too little, too late in a failed attempt to claim the Goldthwait Cup in dual competition with Princeton and Yale on Saturday. An open-water win from the Harvard second varsity and the second freshman eight?...
...Crimson women, the Harvard men were saving their best for Heptagonals. Freshman Favia Merritt set the standard early for the women, claiming two of the Crimson’s seven first-place finishes. Only .04 seconds behind, freshman Brittan Smith earned second after Merritt in the 200-meter race. Smith later snagged the top spot in the long jump with a distance of 5.22 meters. After following Merritt in the No. 2 slot in the 100-meter dash, fellow freshman Dara Wilson grabbed her own first-place win, mastering the 100-meter hurdles in 15.23 seconds. Captain Laura Maludzinski remained...