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...negative force in her life is her boyfriend, Josh, the 6-foot-8-inch giant who towers over tiny Kim. I was prepared to love Josh based on Kim's contagious enthusiasm for him. He was awful. Hostile is an understatement. He delighted in harassing me for being a Harvardian: "You have a lot of losers there, don't you." He insisted that losers are not omnipresent in American colleges. When Josh matriculates in two weeks, Goucher will certainly have...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | 8/15/1997 | See Source »

...these two disciplines; one can hardly expect that students' interest in computer science as opposed to English literature will have no effect on them and will not, in turn, be affected by their particular personalities. And just as clearly, this is not a phenomenon confined to these hallowed Harvardian halls--the warring intellectual stereotypes of the acne-ridden, bespectacled, socially inept math-science geek and the gaunt, black-clad, pseudo-European postmodern drama student are universal in American society, and are probably older than any of us (except, perhaps, for the postmodern part). "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Sprockets...

Author: By David M. Weld, | Title: A House Divided | 5/7/1997 | See Source »

...stay in contact with my class, to give back to the school and to make a statement about how much I care about this place," said Edemeka, who is a Crimson editor. "It would be a privilege for me to be thought of as embodying some sort of Harvardian ideal...

Author: By Rebecca F. Lubens, | Title: Class Marshal Selection Kicks Off | 9/27/1996 | See Source »

Likewise, they already have one foot out the door, poised to abandon the temperamental New England weather, overcrowded Core courses, the occasional typically Harvardian ego and the stress of work in general...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Reflects on College Experience | 6/5/1996 | See Source »

Turning off Garden Street onto Shepard Street, the Quad comes into view suddenly and startlingly: a wide-open space framed by classically Harvardian red-brick buildings, a mirage in the dense residential area that surrounds it. Bertram Hall is on the corner; it is older than most of the River Houses and originally held 12 Radcliffe women in grand style. The curved staircase rising from the front door, the stained glass windows and the fire-escape balconies on each landing still make it one of the best places to live on campus...

Author: By Patrick S. Chug, | Title: A Happy Lottery Story | 5/22/1996 | See Source »

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