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Sure, you’ve been to Weld basement, but have you ever welded in a basement? If you’re a Physics student at Harvard, the opportunities abound at the Harvard Physics Machine Shop in the subterranean complex under Lyman. Most students don’t know about this unique resource, but those who frequent it couldn’t be more at home. For a newcomer, the shop can be a bit daunting—the space is filled with high tech lathes, drills, bandsaws and mills, some of which are equipped with computerized attachments. There...
Cases like Orenstein’s seem to abound. Some take on mythic proportions and lead to paranoia among Quad-fearing first-years who remember that their mother lived in what was then North House and is now called Pforzheimer House...
...Andrea defends herself against allegations that she faked chugging her 40 during a group toast, citing her “really small throat.” Euphemisms abound. Andrea then proceeds to show us her “really long tongue.” She truly is a woman of extremes...
...contrast to big commercial sites such as eBay, Craig's List has kept its homegrown, grass-roots feel. Customers in cities like San Francisco often complete their transactions in person. Quirky listings abound. "I have a dead raccoon. Looks like a male. About 15 lbs. ... Will sell for cash to highest bidder or trade for Six Feet Under--The Complete First Season on DVD," reads one. In the community section, members post everything from grocery-store etiquette to tips on how to give a cat a pill. In the forums, visitors rant against the projected war on Iraq and seek...
Students who for any reason are not presently prepared to live up to their scholastic responsibilities make that evident in the level of performance they achieve. Resources for support and assistance abound, but even students begged incessantly by gifted advisors to take things more seriously and to more capably manage their investment in their studies often do not wish to do so. Yet I have never encountered an admissions mistake in the sense that a student did not seem to have the capacity to graduate. Students who fail are asked to leave for a spell because they are not concentrating...