Tag: Brown
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Uncovering the economics of foot-binding
A recent study is suggesting that the real underpinnings of foot-binding may have been economic.
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Towns, Juzang guide men’s basketball past Brown, 65-58
Harvard men’s basketball tallied a 65-58 victory over the Brown on Friday at Lavietes Pavilion. With Friday’s win, the Crimson remain in a tie for first place in the Ivy League standings.
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Crimson holds off Brown, 72-62, shares Ivy title
The Harvard men’s basketball team did its part with a 72-62 win over Brown Saturday night at Lavietes Pavilion and Dartmouth returned the favor, upsetting Yale 59-58 to give the Crimson a share of the Ivy League championship and force a one-game playoff to decide the Ancient Eight’s bid to the NCAA tournament.
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Harvard men drive on to ‘destiny’
Last year, the Harvard men’s basketball team won the most games in its history. This year, despite graduation of their best player and significant injuries, the Crimson are in a position to finish even better.
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Harvard Library joins Borrow Direct
The Harvard Library has joined the Borrow Direct Partnership, which will enable faculty, staff, and students to search a combined catalog of more than 50 million volumes at nine institutions and request circulating items.
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Women’s volleyball looks to keep pace in Ancient Eight
The Harvard women’s volleyball team, which split its recent games with a 3-0 sweep of Brown (Oct. 23) and a 3-0 loss to Yale (Oct. 24), is embarking on a four-game home stand.
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Field hockey takes down Brown for fourth win of season
There wasn’t enough rain falling from the sky to stop the Harvard field hockey team on Oct. 3 as the Crimson took down the Brown Bears in overtime, by a score of 4-3.
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Crimson football edge Brown in home opener
In 2008, the Harvard Crimson football team and the Brown Bears shared the Ivy League championship, but Friday (Sep. 25) night Harvard refused to share.
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Women’s softball inch closer to North Division title
This past weekend, the Harvard women’s softball team, led by Jennifer Francis ’10 and Bailey Vertovez ’09, traveled to Providence, R.I., to take three of four games from the Brown Bears.
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Men’s basketball splits weekend
Twenty-four hours after falling to last-place Brown, 59-61, the Crimson gained a bit of redemption, dominating the second-place Yale Bulldogs on the road by a score of 69-59.
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Crimson men fall twice to Brown
The hot sticks of the Harvard men’s hockey team froze over as the Crimson’s season ended this past weekend falling to the No. 12-seeded Brown Bears twice in the opening round of the ECAC tournament. Brown goaltender Mike Clemente amassed 80 saves in the two shutout wins, helping the Bears take down the No. 5-seeded…
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Men’s basketball to host Yale, Brown
This weekend, the Crimson (9-9, 1-3 Ivy) will be on a recovery mission, as the Harvard men’s basketball team looks to snap its three-game skid against Yale tomorrow (Feb. 6, 7 p.m.) and Brown on Sunday (Feb. 7, 7 p.m.) at Lavietes Pavilion. Despite the Crimson’s recent struggles, they have already exceeded last year’s win…
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Men’s soccer keep winning, unbeaten in Ivies
After opening the season at No. 20, Harvard soccer (7-3; 3-0 Ivy League) is back in the rankings at No. 22, coming off big road wins against No. 24 Brown (8-3-1; 2-1-0) and Holy Cross (6-3-3). Harvard, which defeated Brown 4-1 and Holy Cross 3-0, is the last undefeated team in Ivy play this year.…
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Weekend split skews Ivy pursuit
That wild rivalry between the Harvard and Yale football teams seemed to briefly spill over to women’s hoops this past Saturday (March 9) in New Haven, Conn. Unfortunately, up against the passionate play of the host Bulldogs, the Harvard Crimson were the ones to get soaked.
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Sports briefs
Squash capture fifth at Howe Cup; Two Harvard icers score Kazmaier consideration; ECAC honors sophomore
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Sports in brief
The Harvard men’s water polo team will salute its supporters with fan appreciation festivities this evening (Oct. 25) as the club takes on visiting Brown. The Harvard women’s golf team shot a blistering 318 in the second day of action at the Gutshall Invitational at the Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Penn., this past…
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Soccer blanks out against Bears
At 5 feet 4 inches, Brown goaltender Steffi Yellin is among the more petite players on the Bear’s roster. And as far as goalies go, she’s the most vertically challenged in all of Ivy League soccer. Against the host Crimson women’s team this past Saturday (Oct. 13), however, the talented sophomore played a mighty big…
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Live from the stadium: Saturday night lights
Crimson football fans and Harvard history buffs might be surprised to learn that Saturday’s (Sept. 22) night game wasn’t, strictly speaking, the first time the stadium field was illuminated. In fact, for former Harvard footballers and current Crimson boosters Bob Brooks ’68, Chris Burns ’68, and Matt Donelan ’67, all of whom were in attendance…
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Fencers split at North Champs
On a weekend where every touch was fought with intensity and passion, great respect was manifest but no love was lost between Ivy League fencing rivals Harvard and Columbia. The two schools, after all, were battling for supremacy at the Ivy League North Championship (Feb. 25) at Harvard’s Gordon Track and Field Center.
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Losses bookend water polo outing
Harvard women’s water polo kicked off its 2007 campaign with a 3-2 showing at the Brown-hosted Ivy League invitational this past weekend (Feb. 9-11), ultimately falling to the host Bears, 11-4, in the championship meet. The Crimson squad advanced to Sunday’s title game (Feb. 11) on the strength of three straight wins against Villanova, Dartmouth,…
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Way to go: ovations, victory ease center’s exit
Playing in his final game in a Harvard uniform against visiting Brown this past Saturday (Jan. 27), hugely productive big man Brian Cusworth ’07 fouled out with just 1:34 remaining. With Cusworth tied to the bench, the Bears wasted little time exploiting the shot-blocking tyrant’s absence, cutting an 81-75 deficit to a two-point differential with…