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Students interviewed yesterday had mixed reactions to the pressures of the first day of finals, but freshmen were generally more anxious about their first Harvard exams than more experiences upperclassmen...
Murray praises his upperclass teammates in helping him adjust to the faster college game. "In high school, the older players looked at you as someone who might take their job away," he said. "Here, the upperclassmen look at you as someone who'll help Harvard hockey." Benson said that there is more camaraderie on the Harvard team than on any team for which he has ever played...
...youngsters learned quickly and, with the handful of blue-chip upperclassmen anchoring a green team, Akers' prodigies became a scourge, ranking in the nation's top five in fewest points allowed and in total points scored. Says Senior Guard Rick Ingraham: "Things were different with Coach Akers and his staff-just the electricity they were generating. I can't remember being so enthused to go out and play...
Yale's current strike gave the YCC an opportunity to show its stuff. At the start of the strike, Yale was able to operate the freshman dining hall by assigning white-collar employees to work the kitchen, and gave upperclassmen a daily allowance to purchase food, because all other dining halls were closed. But believing that freshmen should not be forced to cross picket lines by eating in the dining hall, the YCC voted to request that Yale offer freshmen the daily stipend on an optional basis. Administrators denied the request, but after meeting the YCC officers, Hannah Gray, Yale...
...those condescending remarks about freshmen do not aid his credibility as one who truly cares about the plight of first-year students. As a matter of fact, the overall impression is left that Mr. Fried is much more concerned about the level to which changes in freshman life inconvenience upperclassmen. Clearly, freshman year as it is now set up is not perfect. But the continuing effort to improve it should be conducted by those who are genuinely interested in freshman life, and not by those whose interest is only peripheral. Richard D. Bernstein...