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...seemingly effortless eye contact, I barely manage to mumble my own name before I realize the conversation has moved into Part II of The Routine - I'm being asked what I do for a living. All around me are similar smiling faces and attentively nodding heads, as if straight off an assembly line. But soon the conversation takes on a more effortless, relaxed tone, until one male voice blurts out: "Are you single? May I have your number?" Not exactly a professional business query, but still deserving of full marks for spontaneity and confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dale Carnegie Comes to India | 4/15/2008 | See Source »

...Kumar and junior Sasha Ermakov notched its eighth straight doubles triumph in an 8-6 win at No. 1, while co-captain Dan Nguyen and freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien tallied a win of their own by the same margin at No. 3. Sophomore Michael Hayes and freshman Alexei Chijoff-Evans held off the Quakers in a 9-7 contest at No. 2 to round out the doubles sweep for Harvard...

Author: By Nick Traverse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Defending Ivy League Champions Dropped | 4/14/2008 | See Source »

...well for this weekend,” Harvard coach Traci Green said. “We definitely picked it up in terms of our intensity. They just played a little better than we did.” On Friday, Penn dominated the singles portion by taking four matches in straight sets. The Quakers also grabbed the doubles point with easy wins at No. 1 and No. 3. Against Princeton, the Crimson played well but could not pull out the victory. Both squads claimed three singles matches, but the Tigers earned the doubles point, and with it, the overall win. This...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Killer P’s Stop Crimson Streak at Two | 4/14/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard varsity lightweights have taken silver to Cornell’s gold at the IRA national championships in June. The emerging Cornell-Harvard rivalry gained ground last year, as the two lightweight squads traded No. 1 and No. 2 rankings throughout spring 2007. Then Cornell snagged its second-straight national crown in Camden, N.J., edging Harvard by just over one second in a dramatic grand final.On Saturday, the Crimson again found itself trailing defending champion Cornell, this time in Harvard’s season-opening dual race on Lake Cayuga.The Crimson’s three varsity eights all fell...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tough Course Spells Trouble for Lightweights | 4/13/2008 | See Source »

...time off Yale starter Alex Christ. As Unger cruised through his outing—he retired the side in order in four of his six full innings, allowing just two runs on an RBI single and a groundout in the fourth—the team’s third straight win appeared well within reach. Harvard appeared to have the game wrapped up after adding three runs in the fifth on an RBI double by freshman Tyler Albright (2-for-4) and a two-run single from classmate Sean O’Hara (3-for-4, two RBI). HARVARD...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Walkoff Jack Drops Harvard to 3-9 in Ivy League | 4/13/2008 | See Source »

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