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...plot of Love Story concerns the romance between a preppy Winthrop House jock and a poor scholarship Cliffic who dies of leukemia in the surprise ending...
...structure of the dorms is one of the fundamental factors in the difference in life at the Cliffe. The famous Cliffic depression and loneliness, the jealous guarding of privacy, the abhorrence of noise in the corridors, the pall which hangs over the halls after midnight, and the excruciating desire to escape to Harvard or off campus are all phenomena relating to physical environment...
...kinds of guidance when I was going through high school," said one Cliffic sophomore, echoing Mrs. Zinberg's explanation of non-relationships with advisors. "When I got to college, I just didn't want to go through that. I wanted...
...tried very hard to be a friend." said one Cliffic about her advisor. "He was always coming around and eating lunch with me and asking me how I was doing. But he didn't know anything about anything, because he hadn't been at Harvard very long. I was a freshman and I knew more about this place than...
...SOME Cliffics, and some administrators, look to Harvard's system as the ideal. There, the dean of freshmen has five senior advisors under him, each of whom coordinates a geographical section of the Yard. Each section has thirty advisors, each of whom has eight to ten student advisees. Advisors do not live in the dorms, but proctors do, and they handle the bulk of student counseling. Each freshman has three official ("Viable," says Smith) sources of information, where as a Cliffic has only her advisor and her dean ("unlivable sources...