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There are many, many Harvardisms I have to explain to my friends at other schools: "toppings bar," "expos," "a capella concerts." And, "comping." Use this word, and conversation comes to a grinding halt. Here's a flashback from Thanksgiving break of my first year...
...student a capella groups, the Krockodiloes and the Radcliffe Pitches, performed for the guests during a luncheon at Memorial Hall
...Discipulus Felix--In common parlance, this species is sometimes known as the "a-capella-Science-Center-type." They spend their leisure time watching movies at the science center and attending a capella concerts where they laugh with true glee at the onstage antics. The DF can be easily identified by the sheer number of pieces of Harvard paraphernalia he or she owns. DFs wear Harvard sweatshirts and Harvard sweatpants over Harvard Boxers, carrying John Harvard mugs in their left hands with Harvard knapsacks slung over their right shoulders...
...overlong preachments with Eric Simonson's deft direction and K. Todd Freeman's luminous acting of the title role, especially a final monologue in which he unsentimentally uncorks the rage that drove a minister's son to terrorism. What makes the show unique is the unearthly beauty of a capella songs by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the group highlighted on Paul Simon's Graceland album. The nine singers become a sort of Greek chorus and attain the dimensions of classical tragedy...
...capella groups are among the most destabilizng extra-curriculars, the Harvard equivalent of ICBMs. A group can burst into a dining hall and smother innocent bystanders in audio cheese before the unfortunate diners can even say "doo-wop." As for "theme' groups, the craze has gone so far that last year posters solicited recruits for a lesbian a capella group. In any case, imagine a group with all the smarminess of a regular group, but which pulls from a tiny talent pool and restricts the already-tired a capella repertoire to thematic tunes. Enough said...