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...possible to spend hours analyzing the personalities of your nearest and dearest, as well as the host of other randoms who land on your list as "friends of friends of friends." A separate function indicates how compatible you are with everyone else on a scale from one to 100; these percentages seem to be completely capricious, but provide for endless entertainment. And when the excitement dies down a bit, there are plenty of other tests to take: the Purity Test, the Sex Test, the Bastard Test, etc. These come in varying degrees of raciness: one part of the Bitch test...
After knocking off Princeton 4-3 on Friday night, the calculations already began about playoff scenarios and possible records about finishing in first. After all, why not? Despite having played more games than everyone else in the ECAC, Harvard still stood atop the table, ahead of its nearest rival by seven points. The prospects for a conference title looked surprisingly bright. If the Crimson had managed to defeat Yale and entered the final exam break at 9-3-1, then we would really be dreaming. The Elis, however, had the bucket of cold water cocked and ready to splash...
...managed to work out on real snow a few more times (and it was not nearly as bad), but the coming of spring complicated things. Even in Lake Placid, the snow lasts only three or four months a year. Leaving eight months of hot, snowless weather when the nearest skiable snow is at the Arctic Circle. I contemplated various "dry land" training methods - Rollerblades and running drills and special excercises - but I realized these were for people who already knew what the hell they were doing. I was bad at it, let's be honest, and I wasn't going...
...PROFESSIONAL HELP. If you fear that you are a danger to yourself or others, head for the nearest emergency room. Otherwise, visit your college counseling center. Ideally, the staff should be able to screen for mental illness, prescribe medication and offer short-term treatment--or refer you to someone who can. But if your college's center falls short, look elsewhere. Keep in mind that for hospitalization or skillful long-term treatment, you'll probably need to go off campus anyway...
Harvard has played four more games than its nearest ECAC competitor, Vermont...