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People always said that the best parts of Harvard were the wonderful intellectual conversations that you would have. So far, I have yet to have any of these wonderful intellectual conversations, but I take comfort in the knowledge that the people I spend most of my time making cat noises with could, if called upon, discuss Nietzsche intelligently...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Harvard Rules | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...going to miss this place. Almost nothing anyone told me about Harvard has been accurate. "You’ll be surrounded by attractive men who want to take you out to expensive meals and share your opinions about Proust!" "You will get on the Lampoon instantly, expending no effort!" "You will love the hot breakfasts!" "The person who lives in Natalie Portman’s old room will be easy to befriend and not think it’s weird when you come try to use her shower as a shrine...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Harvard Rules | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...white-haired lecture about something, or in your dorm room, discovering all the things your friends know about everything from classic rock to actual rocks, the sensation of being with people who can teach you all kinds of things is absolutely delightful. Also, the large number of places that take Crimson Cash, including but not limited to Uno’s, Boloco, and Broadway Market, which sometimes allows you to buy wine with...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Harvard Rules | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...grateful for their leadership, we will see even larger benefits in the years ahead as this new financial-aid program slowly but surely changes long-held views that Harvard and institutions like it are accessible only to the already-privileged. Such fundamental changes in public perceptions of institutions often take a generation or more...

Author: By Sarah C. Donahue, William R. Fitzsimmons, and Marlyn E. McGrath | Title: Democratizing Harvard | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...hands moved back and forth across the keys, he began to sing Sam Cooke’s 1957 love song “You Send Me.” When he came to the lyric, “Now I find myself wanting to marry you and take you home,” he turned expectantly to his then-girlfriend Tova S. Weiner Nadler ’10. She looked quizzically back...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wedding: Hillel Nadler ’10-’11 and Tova S. Weiner Nadler ’10 | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

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