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Let There Be Light
What a shame to be deemed “educated,” having acquired eight semesters’ worth of facts and figures but not challenged or changed the principles based upon them.
ECAC Teams Show Talent
It used to be that a date with Cornell was a near-guaranteed win for the Harvard women’s hockey team. The Crimson had the Big Red’s number of late, winning 10 straight contests over the last three seasons—including sweeping Cornell out of the last two conference playoffs. And when Harvard traveled to Ithaca last weekend, the cards seemed to be stacked in its favor. The Crimson was picked to finish second in the ECAC this year; the Big Red was expected to finish seventh. Plus Cornell’s biggest threat, forward Rebecca Johnston, is away from the team this season to train with the Canadian Olympic squad. But this time, history didn’t repeat itself.
The R-Word
On Halloween, if you donned a headdress and dubbed yourself Squanto, you may have committed racism.
Special Teams Miscues Mar Victory
In a 42-21 blowout—a gap which could have been much bigger if Harvard head coach Tim Murphy hadn’t given his second team an entire quarter’s worth of playing time—it’s hard to find fault with the Crimson. But in Saturday’s matchup with Dartmouth, there was one area where the Big Green was clearly dominant—special teams.
A Texas-Sized Injustice
Perhaps the most disturbing thing about Perry’s behavior is how little he seems to care for evidence.
Tricks In Store For Ivy Football
Sure, Halloween at Harvard still has its charms. But the fact that I’m commiserating with an animated skeleton tells me that I might need a change of pace. Fortunately, the increasing monotony of college life has not extended to Ivy League football, and the Ancient Eight is still full of exciting tricks and treats.
Smoldering Musical Discourse, Rising from the Ashes
For such a shy bunch of fellas, French band Phoenix sure has been getting around. Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien, and ...
True Value
True pricing reform entails a shift in our worldview. It requires that we look beyond price tags and see the life-cycle costs of the goods we purchase.
HUMBLE HOMECOMING
Scenes like this are few and far between at Harvard football games. The lack of student attendence is, in part, due to the failure of the administration and the Harvard Alumni Association to properly advertise the event or foster a sense of community among students.
Homecoming Weekend Could Use Some Work
Rolling out of bed to the sounds of the marching band on JFK Street, I thought that this past Saturday was going to be a football game like any other. Granted, with the visiting Princeton team was only sporting a 0-2 record this year, I knew that things would be a little different. But who doesn’t like watching your team demolish a foe that has been a perennial obstacle in each of the last three years on the road to the Ivy League championship? It was going to be a great day, and an epic win. But as I stood on the sidelines ready to watch the Crimson stomp all over the Tigers, something else was very different as well: the stands were empty.
Selling the 'Natural'
As in the Maybelline commercial, authenticity is revealed as a product, a mere object for sale in the market.
Contrarianism as Dogma
There is nothing wrong in principle with contrarianism that is accurately targeted and aware of its limitations.
Keep Watching the Watchers
Given that CCTV is here to stay, we all have a duty to ensure it continues to be used responsibly on campus and that the world follows suit.
TO SAY THE LEIST: Title Race Comes Down to Three
<p>Much of Ivy League football this year has been about unpredictability. With no stacked lineups or breakout superstars, almost any matchup could be anybody’s game. Brown quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero outdueling Patriot League god Dominic Randolph? Columbia holding Princeton scoreless in a 38-0 blowout? Yale having the league’s best scoring defense—and a sub-.500 conference record? </p> <p> </p> <p>At this point, nothing in Ancient Eight football should surprise me. But on Saturday, something did.</p>
