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...knew that my room had forever changed my outlook this spring, when I stood at the threshold of my room during the last moments of my 23rd birthday party. Aaron had convinced me to make my birthday bash a toga-only affair, and I walked into my room as the crowds cleared and the din of Cher died down somewhere in a darkened dance room. My own bedroom has become somewhat of a lounge meant to exude the vibe of sex—red cellophane draped the lights, and Morcheeba crooned jazzy lyrics from my laptop speakers. As I loosened...
It’s the little ways my blockmate Jonathan shows such a genuine concern on a daily basis for all of those he knows that makes him so instructive. No birthday can go by among our group of friends without him organizing a birthday party (they are usually supposed to be surprises, but by this point Jonathan organizes them with such clockwork that we are all just forced to feign being startled). No meal can be eaten in the dining hall without him making sure that the least popular person at the table is included in the conversation...
...stand in my H-44 common room. There’s a huge mattress on the floor that my roommates Grainne and Angela found, somewhere, and a gray three-part couch we inherited from Grainne’s sister. A bag of candy in the corner from my birthday pinata sits next to tubes of nontoxic tempera paint and Angela’s swathes of brightly-colored cloth. I could tell you the story of each of these items. When I walk through Harvard Yard, past Massachusetts Hall, I remember standing outside with a notebook, witness to three weeks...
...taught little, and that little ill.” Instead, I have to wonder if this ethic of procrastination will be easy to abandon as we grow older. Will our generation of Harvardians retain its slacker ways and persist in its procrastinatory habits? Will little Johnny’s birthday party be organized at the last minute for lack of other motivating interest? Will office presentations be thrown together at lunch and winged just for the thrill of it? Will an all-nighter be necessary to finish that Supreme Court decision...
...days before his 71st birthday, Bernard F. Law submitted his comments to the 50th Anniversary Report for the Class...