Commencement 2012
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Ding, Dong, the Core Is Dead
With the graduation of the Class of 2012, the Core is officially dead. But students have not quite grasped how the 56 percent of the senior class that chose Gen Ed is differently educated from their peers who stuck with the old formula.
UPSET OF THE YEAR: Women's Basketball Stuns Red Storm
Dec. 22, 2003 was the last time the Harvard women’s basketball team had beaten a Big East opponent. Eight years, to the date, had passed. Two thousand nine hundred and twenty-two hours had gone by. Seventy thousand one hundred and twenty-eight minutes had ticked off the clock.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Second Place Again for Harvard
A two-point victory had never tasted so sweet for the Harvard women’s basketball team. The Crimson ran out and celebrated, forming a huddle directly over the “H” of Hofstra on the opposing team’s midcourt.
PARTING SHOT: BAC in the Game No Longer
I came back to 14 Plympton Street to write this parting shot because it seemed appropriate. What I didn’t expect was to be enveloped one last time in the legendary LoveSac, a humongous blue beanbag, here for storage, that has been passed on between generations of Sports editors.
WOMEN'S HOCKEY: After Strong Regular Season, Harvard Exits Early
The Harvard women’s hockey team turned over a new leaf this season. Despite losing two of its top four scorers, the squad squeaked out its highest win total since setting an NCAA record for consecutive wins in the 2007-08 season.
TRACK AND FIELD: Differing Trajectories for Men’s, Women’s Teams
This season, the Harvard men’s track and field team saved its best performance for last.
BREAKOUT TEAM OF THE YEAR, RUNNER-UP: Men's Hockey
Coming into the 2011-12 season, the expectations couldn’t have been much lower for the Harvard men’s hockey team.
NATURAL-BORN KILLORN
Senior forward Alex Killorn paced the Harvard men’s hockey team in the 2011-12 season with 46 points on 23 goals and 23 assists.
SKIING: Nadler, Tofte Lead Way for Ski Team
On the last weekend of the season, the Harvard ski team finally broke its ninth-place streak in EISA competition thanks to strong performances by sophomore Rebecca Nadler and junior Alena Tofte.
MEN'S HOCKEY: Crimson Comes Within a Game of ECAC Title
Where to start with the 2011-12 Harvard men’s hockey team? The Crimson set an NCAA record with 11 ties, skated at Fenway Park, the TD Garden, and Atlantic City, made it all the way to the ECAC Championship game, and—at one point in the season—had the most effective power play ever.
THE ROAD EDNEYS HERE
Defender Sarah Edney turned in a strong rookie campaign for the Harvard women’s hockey team, recording seven goals and 13 assists.
BREAKOUT TEAM OF THE YEAR: Men's Tennis
For the second straight year, the Harvard men’s tennis team defeated Dartmouth, 4-3, to close out Ivy League play. This time, though, the Crimson was not playing for a third-place finish—it was going for the title.
PARTING SHOT: Not Just the Numbers
Harvard is all about the numbers. Number one school in the country with 6,400 undergrads, 3,500 courses, three million volumes in Widener, 12 undergraduate houses, and 41 Division I sports teams. One basketball NCAA tournament run, two Winklevii, three women’s soccer Ivy League championships in the past four years, and a handful of 2012 Olympians.
PARTING SHOT: Finding the Story Beyond the Story
Somewhere in a half-asleep doze from Boston to Providence, I realized I was being driven by someone who’d had a very real role in the music industry.
