Word: admit
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...have to admit they have a point. I considered the incongruity of sports like football and Ultimate Frisbee in a Harvard student's life. Realistically, how many times does a class require you to count alligators? Do you have to dive for a frisbee while walking through the Yard? (On second thought, don't answer that.) Some might say Harvard intramurals should reflect the necessary competitive skills for Harvard life. We could easily have a library scavenger hunt, essay-draft basketball played in a suite with crumpled-up essay drafts, or my personal favorite, floppy disk fencing, where the last...
Harvard, I am embarrassed to admit, is sorely lacking in school spirit. Although the stadium's bleachers are always filled for today's historic game, during the rest of the season it is not unusual for the visiting team to bring more fans than ol' Harvard can muster up. And when the topic of Harvard comes up in casual conversation, people are as likely to castigate some element of the Harvard experience as to speak enthusiastically about their future alma mater...
...honesty, I must admit that I have been part of the problem. For the past two years, as an Undergraduate Council representative, I have tried to address numerous problems, ranging from important issues of personal safety to somewhat less important issues such as calendar reform, Coop textbook pricing and policies for postering on campus. All of these seemed very important at one time. During my first year, I had decided that I would make it my own personal crusade to reform Harvard's academic calendar, that the administration would listen to us because we were right, that we would make...
...sexual equality. I don't like depending on others to get myself home. I don't like burdening people to go out of their way because of my "silly" fears. I can only ask for someone to walk me home half-jokingly because I am almost embarrassed to admit my trepidation, ashamed and annoyed that I alone am not always enough...
Most law school and medical school deans admit a startling inability to verify data supplied by students--intangible data which are crucial in the decision to accept or reject...