Word: awkwardness
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Today I don’t remember prefrosh weekend particularly well: The awkward introductions, the poor weather, and the inaugural Mather Lather have blurred together in my memory. I do, however, distinctly remember reading an article in the “pre-frosh” edition of The Crimson, which purported to describe the course of a typical undergraduate’s social life...
...aforementioned tourist. However, the annoyance of this excess publicity is debatable.“It is a very good opening line,” Boston said of the many individuals who ask him about his height to start a conversation. “It’s kind of awkward, but it’s kind of endearing.”Through these recurring experiences, Boston has also been able to patent the response of “six-foot-sexy” to this question.Added Beers, “I kind of like the attention.”Seemingly...
...that others—including potential employers, fellowships and admissions committees, professors, peers, etc.—can see it.” There are other potential hazards of the Facebook overshare: as Naa A. Ammah-Tagoe ’10 learned, a potential crush can be crushed by awkward wall posts. “Right above a post by a guy, someone wrote, ‘Are you obsessed with [that guy]?’ That was the only wall post I’ve ever deleted,” said Ammah-Tagoe. “Chain messages posted...
...Most students here take too many courses. They chop their emotional energies into too many little bits. We should be encouraging students to play from weakness instead of strength, but the system here puts pressure on the student not to extend himself in areas where he’s awkward because he fears not doing brilliantly...
...Most of the drama takes place at center stage, but the actors often move to sit among the audience. It’s a design that could lead to awkward discomfort, but in this production, it worked to perfection. If ever I felt awkward, it was only because I, like Nick and Honey, felt as though I were intruding upon the marital problems of my hosts...