Word: spirits
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Today, this has become a gargantuan task. While other schools' moves toward House-like communities might prevent special interest balkanization and allow for greater supervision of drinking, at Harvard community spirit has proven more difficult to build...
Here's my advice: Always save room for dessert. In the spirit of full disclosure, first a little history. In Rome, I shed tears of happiness at a gelateria. I spooned icing straight out of the Betty Crocker tub at the house where I baby-sat in high school. I frequented the New York Hall of Science in pursuit of astronaut ice cream. Even my past four years in Cambridge have served up some very sweet memories...
...extremely petty, as exemplified by the conduct of one council member who managed to destroy a discussion on council bylaws by stubbornly sticking to a "point of personal privilege" as members filed out of the room. Or it can ruin an already ill-fated project, like the council's "Spirit Week," designed to increase Harvard pride among the student body. Although it is hard to imagine any way the event could have been successful--it's hard to see what "Pajama Day" has to do with anything--the grumbling and complaining by council members left a bad taste in everybody...
...Jerry has brought vigor and insight to the School, and I am personally grateful to him for the exceptional ability and collegial spirit with which he has served Harvard and the School of Education," Rudenstine said in a prepared statement...
...site all of the time, it's very hard to create community in the House. They can't be with you," Naddaff says in a frustrated tone. Cabot House, where Naddaff and Hafrey had originally served one year earlier, had been much more diverse. And while they enjoyed the spirit of the House--Naddaff and her husband frequently went to athletic events to see Matherites--they longed for a House more representative of the Harvard student body...