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...have is free time when we go home, and we can hardly stand it. We never admit it to our friends, of course, even if they notice our frequent glances at the loaded backpack in the corner of our room. We don’t tell them that the only student Harvard loves more than a workaholic is a student it can make into a workaholic. Everyone else takes a year...

Author: By Blake Jennelle, | Title: Till Finals Do Us Part | 12/18/2002 | See Source »

Good Day. That’s what Guttentag means in German and that’s what is embroidered in neat block letters on Lisa Guttentag’s blue L.L. Bean backpack. It’s unclear if it’s an affirmation or a command. But either way, Guttentag is having a good day and wants everyone else to have one, too. She’s not really supposed to be here right now. At least, on June 12, 2000, when her van was hit by a tractor trailer, no one thought she would be here...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Seniors, Part I | 12/12/2002 | See Source »

...Opens backpack full of photos with one book...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FM Attempts Prank To Acheive Own 15 Minutes of Fame, Fails Miserably | 12/12/2002 | See Source »

...Opens backpack, photos spill...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FM Attempts Prank To Acheive Own 15 Minutes of Fame, Fails Miserably | 12/12/2002 | See Source »

Often the checkers simply glance at one compartment of a backpack or skip the check altogether. For all the double-checking, it would be easy enough to hide a book in other compartments or jacket pockets. Furthermore, anything short of patting down library patrons as they exit will do little to catch thieves who have torn out pages...

Author: By Erin M. Kane, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lockdown at the Library | 12/6/2002 | See Source »

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