Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Defense: Julie Starr, an All-Ivy Honorable Mention player for the 1978-79 season, and co-captain Lauren Norton--who leads the team in points this year with two goals and an assist--give a young Harvard team an experienced edge. Alice Hill, Anna Jones and Sue Putnam (all upperclassmen) round out the corps of defensemen...
...freshmen seem able to pick up whatever leadership slack left by the exodus of upperclassmen from the squad. Walsh noted that the "the freshmen are leaders; they're not waiting for upperclassmen to lead them...
...More freshmen than upperclassmen say they drink heavily...
Stripped of all personal freedoms, plebes, West Point's first-year students, are not permitted to hang any decoration in their rooms. In their first semester, they are not allowed even a radio, and they must wait until they are upperclassmen to put stereos in their rooms, and to hang exactly one poster and one photograph and to care for one plant. Plebes learn to live with endless room inspections and constant hazing by upperclassmen, with whom they are never allowed to fraternize. They rise with bugle and bell calls at 6:15 a.m. for a 6:30 breakfast formation...
...many Harvard upperclassmen would find that situation palatable. Years of conditioning with Heinekens or strawberry dacquiris have taught them that a happy glow at dinner might be the best way to start off a weekend. Gov. Edward J. King's election seemed to snarl that pattern, since King railroaded through the legislature the 20-year-old drinking age. However, most Harvard students found last spring that King's legal grip did not extend far into Harvard Houses. The ban on House happy hours decided by the House masters in April lasted for about a week--students and masters viewed each...