Basketball, with perspective
In a refreshing twist, atypical of many Harvard students, Victoria Lippert doesn’t have a plan for what to do after graduation. “I don’t know,” she shrugs. “I’ve been exploring that a lot lately, thinking about possibilities.” But the junior history and science concentrator isn’t the least bit worried. There’s her soon-to-be historic basketball career with the Crimson in which she’s poised to surpass the 1,000-point mark in one of her upcoming games — a feat that Lippert was blithely unaware of. But in reaching that goal, she’ll be only the sixth underclassmen and 16th player overall to reach 1,000 points. “It’s kind of cool,” Lippert says. Lippert, who left sunny San Diego three years ago to take up residence in chilly Cambridge, “hasn’t looked back since.” “I love Harvard,” she says. “And the snow was marvelous the first time I saw it.” When not racking up baskets as a forward for the Crimson, the...