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...response to the encroaching reality of adult life, the class of 2009 will be letting loose tonight with a “When I Grow Up” party that promises to answer all the questions of the anxious senior heart -- or conjure up shattered dreams...
Pelin Kivrak ’11, a literature concentrator in Damrosch’s class this semester, praised the professor’s teaching style. “He acts out every part of the plays he teaches,” she says. “When we read British texts, he speaks with a British accent, and with Russian texts, a Russian accent.” Kivrak, a native of Turkey, said that she hopes that more classes in world literatures will be offered to undergraduates...
...college-admissions process used to be relatively private, but that's all changing thanks to Facebook. After all, it's not hard to figure out who got in where when your classmate joins a group called "New York University Class of 2013" - and Facebook's news feed rubs it in your face...
...While most Class of 2013 groups are formed by admitted students, Emerson is one of the few schools that runs its own Facebook page. "This is completely new for us," says Mike Petroff, Emerson's Web manager, who started the group in January at the request of an early-decision applicant. Petroff responds to students' questions - When is the open house? How do they set up their e-mail accounts? - and even plans to post video tours of the college for students who can't visit Emerson in person. But for the most part, he sits back and lets...
...Since most colleges give students until May to accept an offer of enrollment, admissions officers won't find out the true repercussions of the economic downturn for several weeks. But if Facebook groups are any indication, the class of 2013 is just as excited to join the world of dorm rooms, frat parties and communal bathrooms as were the many classes that came before them. "Oh man," says Mark Harber, an 18-year-old from Tulsa, Okla., who joined Vanderbilt's 2013 group within hours of receiving his acceptance letter. "I can't wait...