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Harvard has traveled a shabby path these last days. The original action of the administration in refusing the Student Council permission to sponsor a concert by Pete Seeger raised questions of the utmost importance. And the administration’s decision yesterday to permit the concert, as long as Seeger is treated as an artist and not a political figure, makes it absolutely clear that their policy strikes at the vital heart of Harvard’s commitment to free inquiry...
...surprisingly difficult, getting old. So much of my being a fan has been putting myself in the game, thinking that it could be me some day. But now, the incredibly miniscule window of opportunity I had (I must have had it at some point, right?) is slamming shut. Pete jumped through. I never will...
Neither will Pat Heffernan, but it won’t be for lack of jumping. “Heff” was Regis’ co-MVP with Pete in 1999. He was one of the more unselfish players I’ve ever seen on a court. He took about a dozen charges a game and threw up far fewer shots than befitted a player of his talent. Heff went to Boston College and managed the basketball team with the goal of eventually joining the squad himself as a walk...
...talked to Heff after Pete’s game about suddenly realizing that it was all over, that the stubborn part of me that still aspired to be Christian Laettner or Grant Hill had died with the realization that Pete was already doing it. He replied, “Well, I guess that?...
Harvard athletics fall into an interesting middle ground that never gave me that depth of feeling. I pulled for Harvard football as hard as anyone did in the fall, but it’s a different kind of support. It’s not the same as watching Pete Anderer on TV—dropping an F-bomb after a late Buckeye score or calmly sinking the clutch rainbow—and shaking your head, smiling and saying, “Man! That right there is living...