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...give himself away by appearance or age; rather, the Yardling will make his mistake by confusing Mem Church with Mem Hall (which is a dead ringer for a cathedral anyway, with Michael Sandel as high priest), or reacting with a blank look when someone asks him for his bursar's card, or confusing a gov jock and a crew jock...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: College Colloquialism | 4/23/1987 | See Source »

What would have happened if the game had been in Cambridge? Most likely, Harvard patrolmen would have asked students suspected of assault and battery to volunteer to hand over their bursar's cards if they were in fact involved...

Author: By Matthew H. Joseph, | Title: Green Men-in-Blue | 11/4/1986 | See Source »

Campuswide parties serving liquor were now acceptable, but to drink at them, or at any other public function, students were required to show bursar cards and other identification to prove their...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: On the Rocks | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...really register that the group reserving the table was the Harvard Gay and Lesbian Students Association, and that they might not be pleased to see a hulking football player walk over and remove their sign. They immediately protested; one guy grabbed him, and a senior adviser demanded his bursar's card. Sam just stood there, bewildered and amazed at all the fuss. He didn't fight back, he didn't raise his voice, he didn't say anything obscene. He was just a small town kid reacting to what he perceived was an injustice in the seating system. His purpose...

Author: By Laurie Burnham, | Title: 'I Hope the FDO Has Learned Something...' | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

What could I do to make this woman believe me? So I whipped it out--my holy bursar's card. No one spoke to me afterwards. I had committed the worst of sins: I shoved my Harvard I.D. on some poor unbelieving woman. So much for that trip...

Author: By Ji H. Min, | Title: A Bed and a Place to Call Home | 7/16/1985 | See Source »

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