Fight fiercely, Harvard
Susan Seav ’12 hails from Los Angeles, and while the molecular and cellular biology concentrator unabashedly admits she’s not a big fan of the country’s eastern side, one activity has alleviated the burden of homesickness a bit — boxing. “It’s actually a good place to meet boys,” she said. Seav joined the Harvard Boxing Club, which is open to men and women, during her sophomore year. “I was always leaving volleyball practice at the same time that my friend was showing up for boxing practice,” she recalled. “And he told me I should join.” Popular on campus since the late 19th century, boxing at Harvard has reinvented itself many times over. In those halcyon days, the sport was required of every undergraduate, including eventual Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, as well as writer Norman Mailer. In 1941, former lightweight champ Tommy Rawson — and one-time trainer of Rocky Marciaco (yes, that Rocky!)...