Harvard Today: September 29, 2015

Today is Tuesday, September 29th. On this day in 1915, the first live sporting event was televised from coast to coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh. Don’t forget to check out one of the IOP study groups this afternoon.

IN THE ATMOSPHERE

Get ready for a rainy week. There are going to be scattered thunderstorms today and the temperature will be warm, with highs of 80 and lows of 65.

IN THE D-HALL

Lunch:

Pork Sausage Sub with Peppers and Onions

Lemon Basil Multigrain Pasta with Garlic and Cannelini Beans

Rice Pilaf

Dinner:

Cajun Salmon

Mesquite Rotisserie Chicken

Savory Baked Tofu

Sweet Potato Pecan Souffle

ON SPORTS

Field Hockey Thwarts Yale in Shootout, Sweeps Weekend: The Harvard field hockey team earned two big wins on its weekend road trip, following up a 2-1 double-overtime shootout victory at Yale (2-5, 0-1 Ivy) on Saturday with a 5-3 win over UMass Lowell (5-4, 0-1 America East) on Sunday.

Women’s Rugby Suffers First Loss to Defending Ivy Champs: Following its record-setting win last week against Yale last weekend, the Harvard women’s rugby team (2-1, 1-1 Ivy) dropped its first game of the season to defending Ivy League champion Brown (3-0, 2-0) on Saturday.

EVENTS

Lindiwe Mazibuko, IOP Fellow and former Leader of the Official Opposition in South Africa’s Parliament, is holding her second study group “Free and Fair Elections” featuring special guest Stanley Greenberg, leading Democratic polling advisor, from 4-5:30 in the IOP Faculty Dining Room.

Scott Smith, IOP Fellow and former president of the United States Mayors Conference, is holding his second study group “If Mayors Ruled the World, They’d Get Things Done!” from 4-5:30 p.m. in the IOP L166.