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Still, it is the rare student that claims the "jock" identity only. Don't be surprised to see a sculpture by a top swimmer, or a track star singing in an a cappella group. The newly-built Spencer Art Building is home to many a budding artist, and a cappella is hugely popular: there are presently nine different groups. One of Williams' special offerings is Independent Music Project (IMP), which allows student composers to create and perform works for the community. And just a few weeks ago, the campus learned that the popular African dance group Kusika, along with...
First and foremost, meet as many people as you can. See what a range of people will be at your parties, your dining halls and in your classes for the next four years. Stay up until odd hours of the morning going to a cappella jams, sporting events, plays, parties and just talking to other students. The Crimson Key Society has a lot of good stuff to say about this place, but for an accurate portrait of life on campus, try to meet both those students who love the College and those who are less enamored. If you are well...
HARVARD'S A CAPPELLA groups had better be practicing this week. When hundreds of pre-frosh students descend on campus this weekend, the one thing they will have seen at all the colleges they visit is an "a cappella jam." Harvard features a cappella performance, as does Yale, Brown, Stanford, Tufts, and University of California at Berkeley, among others. In fact, the only other constant across the board is a pre-med information session. Pre-frosh cannot help coming away with the impression that college is about two things: catchy harmonizing and organic chemistry...
Most current Harvard students surveyed said that they visited Harvard only to socialize; they had already made their decision. Maybe the a cappella groups can, as they say, take a deep breath...
Pitches: Another a cappella group, another trip to Bermuda. The twelve Pitches travel with those handsome Kroks and Dins to--surprise, surprise--sing at hotels and restaurants all over the island. Random Pitch-Din hookups have become the tradition, as has "Fantasy Night," a crazy evening where each Pitch can pick her favorite Din solo to sing with some Din accompaniment. The cost? Nada--what do you think all those jams...