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...junior high schools across the country this question--and kindred statements such as, "For all I know you don't exist"--have long provoked upperclassmen to perform wedgies upon hapless would-be philosophers. Yet the issue refuses to be dismissed with the onset of puberty...
Four board contracts are available at Brown, at either 20, 14, 10 or 7 meals per week. Freshmen are required to choose one of the college plans, but upperclassmen--whether they opt to join a co-op, live in an apartment or stay in university housing--can also opt to fend for themselves. Kathy Payne, administrative dietician for Brown University Food Service, estimates that about 4000 Brown students have a board contract which entitles them to eat in either of two all-campus dining halls...
...Columbia, both graduate students and upperclassmen buy a certain number of points which can be redeemed for food either at one of the school's two main dining halls or at the one of the a la carte cafeterias. This is in addition to the board contract, which allow students to go to 7, 10, 15 or 19 meals in a week...
...Cynical upperclassmen said that when Yardlings apply for freshman seminars, they often are seeking an easy course. But William R. Moore '85, a Stoughton proctor, said he thinks most Freshmen do not abuse the pass/fail privilege, which lessens competition for grades...
...think most freshmen are not fully cognizant of the pass/fail option, as are upperclassmen. Most people who apply have an interest in the material already and are not too keen on making a bad impression," Moore said. "Freshmen looking for an easy course are not usually going to go through the hassle of applying. That's why I didn't apply...