Commencement 2012
MEN'S TENNIS: Harvard Captures Ivy League Title
After 23 wins, three losses, and three different titles, the Harvard men’s tennis team had completed its best regular season in recent memory. The Crimson went 23-3 and 6-1 within league play, the latter mark earning it the Ivy title for the first time since 2008.
ROCK AND GIRARD PLACE
After replacing freshman goaltender Steve Michalek late in the year, sophomore Raphael Girard shined in the postseason.
Opportunity in the Bay State
With opportunity comes responsibility, and I urge you to bear that in mind today and beyond. Each of us is charged with a generational responsibility, that old fashioned notion that we must do what we can in our time to leave things better for those who come behind us.
The Qualities of Youth
The real world needs not only the qualities of the youth, but also adult decision-makers that actively listen to the youth.
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.
The Layers of Linsanity
On Feb. 4, Jeremy Shu-How Lin stepped onto the floor of Madison Square Garden. It wasn’t his first time, but this time was different; this time was special.
Braving Harvard's Storms
If I could redo Harvard, I would study abroad and go to the Schlesinger Library just to browse. I would borrow the dog that is on loan at the Harvard Medical School’s Countway Library.
NGU KID ON THE BLOCK
Playing at the No. 2 position for Harvard, Denis Nguyen had a stellar rookie year and was named to the All-Ivy Second Team.
MEN'S SOCCER: Talent-Heavy Crimson Disappoints
After an impressive accumulation of talent, the Crimson seemed poised to realize the high expectations from the previous season, when they occupied a spot in the Top 25.
MALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, RUNNER-UP: Denis Nguyen
Playing singles on the No. 2 court at any point in college signals that you are one of the most skilled players on the team. As a freshman, it’s almost unheard of—and just that much more impressive.
A More Uncertain Future
While we are all conscious of the deep, visible psychological effects felt around us and our families by the Great Recession, it is a point less often made that the Class of 2012 has had a rather unique experience with economic crisis.
PEARL JAM
Senior Jonathan Pearlman went 11-10 at the No. 1 spot for the Crimson as Harvard won an outright Ivy League title and broke into the national rankings. A strong core of freshman talent has the Crimson looking for more next year.
Derrick Bell's Legacy
Bell's actions two decades ago were part of a larger debate that would grip—and ultimately transform—the Law School, making it a community more inclusive of diverse theory and experience.
FEMALE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, RUNNER-UP: Tiffany Lim
Coming into the season ranked as the sixth-best freshman in the nation by Golfweek Magazine, Tiffany Lim immediately justified the lofty expectations in her first three collegiate tournaments.
WOMEN'S SOCCER: Crimson Captures Third Ivy Title in Four Years
For the third time in four years, the whistle signaling the end of the Harvard women’s soccer team’s regular season also meant that it was time to hoist up some hardware.
Between Harvard and Yale, a World of Difference
At a time when some universities are expanding their physical footprint abroad, Harvard remains committed to keeping its undergraduate student body firmly rooted in Cambridge.
Q&A with Larry Summers
Former Harvard University President and current economics professor Lawrence H. Summers sat down with The Crimson to discuss Harvard’s 375th birthday, the importance of virtual learning, and changes the University might face soon.
PEP RALLY
After earning a national ranking as high as No. 4, junior co-captain Walter Peppelman finished eigth at the NCAA tournament in March. Peppelman finished the season with a 29-7 record in the 157-pound weight class, bringing his career win total to 92. Peppelman also recorded 11 falls, a team high.
WOMEN'S WATER POLO: Seniors Lead Crimson to Best Record in Seven Years
Setting out to build on its first winning season in six years, the Harvard women’s water polo team fought its way to its second straight winning season under the leadership of coach Ted Minnis and co-captains Devan Kennifer and Shannon Purcell.
FENCING: Both Men And Women fail To Capture League Title
Despite last year’s Ivy League title for the men’s squad and the NCAA individual foil title for sophomore Alexandra Kiefer, another successful year was never a certainty for the nationally-contending Crimson fencing team. But with a second-place finish by the men’s squad in the Ivy League Championship, a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, and individual silver medal for outgoing co-captain Valentin Staller in the saber, Harvard was nonetheless able to remain in the upper echelons of Ivy and national fencing.
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But Can We Play Beer Pong?
The policy’s language goes back and forth between specificity and vagueness, teetering on a thin line between providing a unified set of rules and leaving room for interpretation.
WOMEN'S TENNIS: Crimson Comes Up Short in Ivy League
Junior co-captains Hideko Tachibana and Kristin Norton led the way for the Harvard women’s tennis team in 2011-12. The pair finished second in the Ivy League Doubles Tournament and received All-Ivy recognition for their work on the singles court.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Crimson Fails to Maintain Winning Ways
The Harvard women’s volleyball team started off its 2011 season on a tear, winning seven of its first nine contests. But in Ivy League play, the Crimson could not keep its momentum going, dropping nine of 14 Ivy League contests en route to a 12-12 overall record.
KOWALITY
Co-captain and first-team All-Ivy defender Lindsey Kowal led a Harvard backline that allowed just six goals in seven Ivy League contests.