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Fans Go Crazy for Many Reasons
So since we know that crowds can help to determine the outcome of a game, how can aspects of a game help to determine the crowd?
The Book of Esther
As an Orthodox Jew myself, I understand Esther’s community’s disapproval of her life choices. Nevertheless, there is still much to admire in the way Esther decided to pursue those choices.
Status Quo We Can Believe In
Having made considerable gains in both houses of Congress, Republicans will soon undertake their much-anticipated attempt to improve the economy by getting the government out of the way of the private sector.
Hockey Earns A New Admirer
As a soccer player from Pleasant Garden, North Carolina, I never felt much of a connection to ice hockey.
We Real Cool: Kiddo Stay in School
While the sexualization of young women is nothing new to the music industry, Willow Smith's latest music video, "Whip My Hair,” seems to have taken it one step too far.
A British Tragedy
Britain needs to deal with its budget problems, but now is not the time to do so
Escape Artists
A couple weeks from now millions of people will line up to watch the first of two movies based on ...
Terror In Air Travel
I, for one, will accept the variable and continue to fly. I just might not accept any packages from Yemen.
Harvard Still Alive in Title Hunt
Realistically, then, it’s a four-team race to the top, and as far as Harvard is concerned, the crown is still very much within reach.
Forgotten, But Not Gone
As responsible citizens, we must finish the cleanup and take steps to prevent another spill from happening.
Ancient Eight Hit TV Waves
When you’re surfing through the channels this Saturday afternoon searching for the Missouri-Nebraska or the Michigan St.-Iowa football games, don’t be too surprised if you come across a pair of matchups that might seem better suited for a quiz bowl than a football game.
Hope Still Alive in Up-and-Down Year
The season had a dream start. A brand new stadium, a home crowd of over 3,000 fans, and a thrilling night-game victory over then-No.13 Stanford. The Harvard men’s soccer team had a ranking back then—No. 10, according to the National Soccer Coaches Association. This high ranking signaled optimism about Harvard’s chances to defend its Ivy League title and maybe have another deep run in the NCAA tournament.
Helping Haiti Help Itself
We should support organizations like PIH and FOKAL that help Haitians help themselves long after the recovery from the earthquake is complete.
Desensitize This
Although there are many ills in the world that deserve our attention, we should take time to reflect on how lucky we are to exist in such an advanced state at all.
Tricks Are Treats and Treats Trick in 'Trick 'r Treat'
I grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey. My house stood one block from Clinton Place, a street locally renowned for ...
A Lack of Constructive Criticism
Open any of the email promotions sitting in your inbox, flip through any of the standard fashion magazines from Vogue ...
Winters Shocks Media in Return
When junior Collier Winters came out to start the second half, the entire press box was shocked.
A Legal Education
In order to develop any long-term solution to the problem of illegal immigration, Americans need to stop incentivizing it.
Gridiron Ivy Play Begins At Last
All right, Ivy League football fans—it’s time to get serious. At this point, I know everyone is sick and tired ...
Really, Aaron Sorkin?
At least to current Harvard students, “The Social Network’s” repeated scenes of intoxicated depravity—culled from some “Animal-House”-meets-hip-New-York-club wet dream—serve as a not-so-subtle disclosure that Sorkin’s narrative attends more to fiction than fact.