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Freshmen living in the Quad often feel somewhat isolated from the rest of their class. They're a minority, and sometines they feel like it. Radcliffe is a 15 to 20 minute walk from the Yard, which is right next to most of the classroom buildings. You can usually wake up in the Yard on the hour, and make it to class by five past--a good thing if you like to sleep late. But the walk to the Quad can be really pleasant, especially in the fall and spring, and many devout 'Cliffe dwellers say they like the feeling...
Freshmen are often dismayed to discover during their first few weeks at Harvard that competition with their classmates did not end with the letter of admission and is not confined to the classroom. Admittance to nearly every club, activity and organization rests upon a successful audition, interview, or series of rigorous trials. Because there are so many vying for so few role, it seems likely that more students have been rejected from theatrical roles than any single other competitive activity. Freshmen are prone to become discouraged and cynical when they are refused the role they thought they were born...
...receive a good education. But today such black mayors as Detroit's Young and Atlanta's Maynard Jackson concede that busing poses formidable economic and political problems that must be reckoned with. Even University of Chicago Sociologist James Coleman, one of the most influential early advocates of classroom desegregation, now argues that mandated busing on a large scale has "acted to further separate blacks and whites rather than bring them together." That may be all too evident on the streets of Boston and perhaps other cities as school doors open over the next several weeks...
...Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates an absence of thought." By McLuhan's analysis: "In the radio age, the parameters of the classroom can no longer contain the English language. The sophistication outside the classroom exceeds that of the classroom...
...Eagles were conceived in the teachings of Carlos Castaneda and his ephemeral medicine man, Don Juan. The Mojave Desert was their classroom, and they named themselves after one of the major spirits in the Indian cosmos: the eagle. During long sleepless nights on raw tequila and peyote, the young musicians studied. "There is a scene in Castaneda in which Don Juan tells him to walk until he finds his power spot," says Guitarist Glenn Frey. "After searching for hours, he collapses. He wakes up to find Don Juan, who laughs and tells him that he has found his spot...