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Four autumns ago, when Nicholas I. Martin '88 first laid eyes on Erik J. Salovaara '88 in the freshman suite they would share in Wigglesworth Hall, he was not impressed. As Martin tells it, "I'm living with a bagman" was the first thought to cross his mind as he saw the groggy, half-dressed Salovaara stumble into the common room to meet Martin and his parents. The impression was reinforced when he realized that the stench of his roommate's clothes permeated the suite...
...suite's fourth inhabitable Andrew R. Elby '88, who had sent him a letter proclaiming his predilection for acid rock music. In his effort to amuse his new roomates, Elby had also sent Martin a letter depicting himself and his house in stick figures, and had written to Salovaara, saying that because Salovaara lived in Illinois, farther from Cambridge than any of the others, he would be expected to pay all the long distance phone bills...
Little did Martin know that Salovaara and his clothing had been soaked and mildewed on his Freshman Outdoor Program canoeing trip, and little did Stone expect ever to find Elby's personal brand of humor endearing. And littler still did any of the four expect to live together for the entirety of their Harvard experience...
wasn't long before friendships between all four of the students had solidified. "We all hit it off pretty well, and by second semester, we were all friends," says Salovaara, from Oak Park...
...likely that they would get on well. Elby, a chemistry and physics concentrator from Westfield, NJ., shares a keen interest in science and mathematics with Martin, a physics and music concentrator from Washington, DC. Stone, a government concentrator from Pittsburgh, PA., shares an interest in politics with Salovaara, a literature concentrator who joined his roommate in his work on the Harvard Political Review...