Kate Leist
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PARTING SHOT: Writer Inspired by Unlikely Moments
You would think that after nearly 250 Crimson articles over the last four years, banging out one last column would be a breeze. But when I sat down at my computer, I found myself, for nearly the first time, at a loss for words.
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Harvard Splits Season Series Against Cornell
If Saturday’s matchup between Ivy League softball powers Harvard and Cornell is any indication, the race for the Ancient Eight crown will be another close one.
BLOCKBUSTER OPENING WEEKEND
The Crimson opened conference play this weekend and didn’t waste any time asserting itself as the favorite to defend its Ivy League North title.
Morning Practice Hinders Housing Day Fun
Three years ago today, a group of nine girls sat in a common room in Wigglesworth waiting for the most important letter we would receive since the one telling us we had gotten into Harvard.
NCAA Women's Hockey Preview
The postseason is well underway in Division I women’s hockey, with the semifinals and finals of each of the five ...
Goal Flurry Downs Struggling Saints
The postseason has returned to Bright Hockey Center, and on Friday, the Harvard women’s hockey team came out to make a statement.
Stand Up for AmeriCorps
Fifty years ago, the newly-elected President John F. Kennedy ‘40 addressed the country on a frigid January morning. In an ...
Cornell Edges Late Crimson Comeback
After falling behind, 3-0, in the first period, the Crimson (15-10-4, 14-5-3 ECAC) nearly sent the No. 2 Big Red (26-2-1, 20-1-1) to a winless weekend, ultimately falling, 4-3, on Senior Day at Bright Hockey Center.
NOTEBOOK: Crimson Charges Back in Shootout
The Harvard women’s hockey team has become accustomed to collecting wins in the Beanpot semifinals—in fact, it’s done so in the last four seasons. But no previous win was quite like this one.
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Harvard Rhodes Scholars 2011
VIDEO: This year, Zachary M. Frankel ’11, Daniel E. Lage ’11, and Baltazar A. Zavala ’11 and first-year Medical School student Aakash K. Shah were selected as Rhodes Scholars. We caught up with Frankel and Zavala to ask them about their time at the College and their thoughts on spending at least the next year at the University of Oxford in England.
Harvard Football vs. Yale (Nov. 20, 2010)
VIDEO: The Harvard football team beat Yale for the fourth straight year on Saturday, making a second-half comeback to earn a 28-21 win in The Game.
Harvard Softball vs. Dartmouth (May 1, 2010)
The Harvard Softball team beat Dartmouth in a double-header at home to seal their spot in the Ivy League Championship Series.
Harvard Women's Water Polo vs. Brown (Apr. 14, 2010)
The Harvard Women's Water Polo team splashed their way to a home victory against rival Brown.
Harvard Women's Hockey vs. Clarkson (Nov. 6, 2009)
The No. 10 Harvard women's hockey team suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to No. 2 Clarkson in its home opener.
Harvard Women's Water Polo at the 2009 Eastern Championships (April 23-25, 2009
From time to time, every team must admit the cliché, but inevitable mantra: Theres always next season. Last Monday was not one of those times for the Harvard womens water polo team (11-16, 4-6 CPWA North). Squeaking into the Eastern Championships at the eighth seed after finishing third in its division, the Crimson beat out other fringe teams and received the invite to play on home turf against top seeded No. 14 Hartwick as part of a three-game tournament
Harvard Softball vs. Cornell (April 4, 2009)
Once again, it took the Harvard bats just a little too long to wake up. In a battle of the Ivy Leagues top two teams, the Crimson softball squad and Cornell (26-6, 5-1 Ivy) split a twinbill Saturday afternoon at a windy Soldiers Field.