December 6, 2007

From Passes to Puccini?

Noah Van Niel '08, a fullback for Harvard's 2007 Ivy League champion football team, aspires to become a professional opera singer after graduation...

Noah Van Niel '08, a fullback for Harvard's 2007 Ivy League champion football team, aspires to become a professional opera singer after graduation. The New York Times reports.

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