Word: upperclassmen
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After the mini-fridges and extra-long sheets are unloaded, the books bought and the parents pried away, the freshmen meet their mentor groups for an event called Adventure Day. Upperclassmen lead the groups and a faculty or staff member through a series of team-building exercises designed to help the "first years" overcome their shyness. In one exercise they must get every team member and a full glass of water to an "island" several feet away by swinging on a rope. In another they have to turn over a small tarp they are standing on, without touching the imaginary...
...told me that Freshman Week was probably the best time he ever had at college. “You get the whole campus to yourselves,” he told me two years ago; “you have free run of the place.” When the upperclassmen show up, you suddenly become a lowly first-year...
...accomplishments of all the freshman crews bode well for the future, as a number of freshmen will challenge upperclassmen for places in varsity boats...
...Some of the council's important policy initiatives, such as opening all of the College's houses to 24-hour universal keycard access for upperclassmen, were met by an unwelcoming administration...
...seeks to build a sense of community on campus among black women, mainly through informal discussion groups on campus. While some discussions are relevant solely to black women, the group addresses issues affecting the campus as a whole. Recent discussion topics have varied from relations between first-years and upperclassmen at Harvard to the ways in which black women's hairstyles affect others' perceptions about them...