Word: fun
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...typical Harvard fashion, I set out to know it all. I studied up, I quizzed relatives, and I ventured into the city weekend after weekend in search of my hometown. It's been a long and arduous process--and a fun one. Exploring your own city like a tourist is a way to see it through fresh eyes and abandon the jadedness that creeps in after residing there for 20 years...
...Repeat after me: BU, BC, MIT. Don't bother calling them by their full names. Don't make fun of them either--the Greater Boston area is one big college town, and Harvard snobbery has no place in it. Every Massachusetts school is better than us at something (usually hockey) and finding friends on other campuses is one of the best parts of going to school here. Save your superiority for the people at Yale...
...bring a camera. Inevitably, it will be buried under piles of unwashed laundry in the bottom of your closet when prime Kodak moments arise, but any photos are fun to pore through later...
...Thayer is embroiled in a stupid fun rivalry with nearby Holworthy Hall. Legend has it that the dispute originated when Holworthy was built on Thayer's polo ground, or vice versa, depending on who you ask. The rivalry usually surfaces in "Holworthy Sucks!"-"Thayer Swallows!" shouting bouts. At time, the conflict escalates to more serious warfare involving water fights and hostages...
...Less history--but sometimes more fun--awaits the residents of the Union dorms. Located just a few feet behind what used to be the first-year dining hall, these dorms are converted apartment buildings with reputations for wildness...