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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brochures say that a great deal of education takes place outside the classroom, and I couldn't agree more. First year students learn a lot more by stumbling around a bit--it not completely in the dark, at least in a little shade...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Discover Life on Your Own Despite Plethora of Advice | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...Here's a bit more unsolicited advice: forget everything anyone has told you about Harvard. Instead of coming here already knowing everything, try to discover things by yourself. Chalk your mistakes up to life experience and collect some good stories. Your experiences will come in handy when you give in to the urge to tell the Class of 2004 exactly what they're getting into...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Discover Life on Your Own Despite Plethora of Advice | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

...landscaped courtyard. Lionel and Mower suites have large common rooms with beautiful wood floors, and most residents live in singles for part of the year. Some residents of these intimate dorms say the close-knit experience is nurturing and caring. Others complain that the family atmosphere can grow a bit too suffocating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dorms Come in Variety of Shapes, Sizes | 6/25/1999 | See Source »

Back in 1988, Jim Hightower, a razor-tongued Texas democrat, amused the nation by saying presidential candidate George Bush was a man "born on third base [who] thought he had hit a triple." Hightower was only a little bit right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dad Says, I Don't Miss Politics | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...white-rap sound? In part it's because Detroit has long been a musical city, and today's young performers are drawing from its legacy. Kid Rock speaks reverently of Motown, Bob Seger and MC5. Insane Clown Posse's terrible new CD, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers (Island), has a bit of the macho theatricality of Ted Nugent, mutated into something more violent and antisocial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Motown Motormouths | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

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