Word: sectionalism
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...became upset when Kate wrote “no Harvard kids” under the “people I’d like to meet” section of her profile...
...Breakdown: To imagine the pick-up basketball scene at the MAC, first picture the premiere streetball courts of a Brooklyn or a Venice Beach. Now replace the hard-nosed, dog-eat-dog competitors with that kid in your Spanish section. Then replace the legions of fans with a handful of medical school students playing badminton. Even though the level of play isn’t always up to snuff, most students agree that the intensity at the MAC makes it a superior locale. “For true believers,” says MAC enthusiast William H. Frank...
...provide a perfect—well, perfectly adequate—getaway from the struggling Harvard party scene. Recreate the days of braces, stirrup-pants, and LA Lights with a marathon session of Skee Ball, and forget all about final exams and that awkward conversation with the cute girl from section. After all, who needs a girlfriend when you’ve got Ms. PacMan...
Vargas Llosa’s expertise shines through most clearly in his section on the privatizations of the 1980s and 90s, in which he effectively highlights how the process served to enrich a new elite by transferring state monopolies while doing little to increase competition...
...when we do things for the last time. We would, I think, be paralyzed by the knowledge that we are hanging out with a given group of people for the last time, that we are attending our last sweaty room party, that we have heard our last painfully moronic section discussion. Nostalgia and regret make a deadly cocktail. Over beers Friday night, a roommate and I lamented how quickly time seemed to be slipping away from us, lamented the time lost sleeping when each of our remaining hours seems precious. And then—for what will, with any luck...