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...nearing 2 a.m. last night and Lamont Café, the social headquarters of the freshman class, was abuzz with angst. As I sauntered over to the barista to grab a study break snack, I couldn’t help but notice feisty premeds pounding numbers into past problem-sets to prepare for their last mid-term exams. Wannabe MBAs were schmoozing in the basement, and on the steps outside, anyone too alt to function was smoking American Spirits and counting down to spring break. But if there was one thing in the back of every freshman mind in Lamont last...
...Models and Bottles Group: You’ve done it. You’ve gone to parties at the Pudding and not just to steal alcohol and leave. Fat kids you don’t know know you. You were the first kid in your class to make your Facebook profile private. By blocking with the other freshmen who prefer status to human beings, you have guaranteed yourself three years of final club punches, beautiful people, and raging parties. In reality, your ambitions will lead you to civil war. The best House for this group is Cabot. You could...
...High School Stereotypes Group: This is for kids who embraced every ’80s teen movie in the worst way possible. Instead of running from your label, you embraced your identity and subsumed yourself in it. They include stoners, drama FANATICS, band chicks (slutty, right?), class presidents (except this time, through the UC, student politics will bring about real change), and most prominently, monora(c)i(a)l blocking groups. You have identified yourself as an individual in the reality TV sense of the word—someone who can be identified in seconds by the stereotype they embody...
...ceiling, light shines in through the windows, and the busts and portraits of Harvard legends line the walls. Located on the second floor of University Hall, the room has been renovated to look identical to the way it was 100 years ago, when former University President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, presided over Faculty meetings...
...president who succeeded Eliot—Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877—moved away from Eliot’s elective system, instead requiring students to declare concentrations. In the search for order, Lowell turned to specialization—not general education...