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...contrast, Geller describes his older Cambridge clients at Origins as being often ambivalent about makeup. “Part of it’s Puritanism, and part of it is that they think looking one’s best is a violation of their politics,” he speculates. “But I was drawn to makeup because people use it to both flaunt themselves and to hide behind. I consider it a viable form of self-expression...
...contrast to Harvard’s system of letting students create a blocking group during their first year, Yale first-years are randomly assigned to a residential college before arriving on campus. The emphasis on community engenders a strong devotion to the residential colleges. Jamal Caesar, a 2003 graduate now working for the Yale admissions office, writes in an e-mail, “I love my residential college—Ezra Stiles is the best college on campus...
Even with their strong presence, the social scene doesn’t begin and end with the residential colleges. There are plenty of non-University options, in strong contrast to Harvard’s dependence on exclusive final clubs—Yalies can choose between off-campus house parties, fraternities and Secret Societies...
Caesar estimates that about 15 percent of students live off campus. This gives students frustrated with the 2 a.m. curfew of on-campus parties a much-used alternative. Also, Caesar says that Greek life is visible on campus, estimating that 15 percent of undergraduates join a fraternity. In contrast to Harvard’s final clubs, though, the open nature of frat parties makes them a particularly appealing option for underclassmen...
...such a mystery after all. The style of political engagement women seem to prefer is characterized by direct, project-based advocacy or service provision, which appeals to those who feel directly affected, implicated or otherwise impelled to action on particular issues of social justice. By contrast, the more traditional (and apparently more legitimate) political activities favored more by campus men emphasize pro-con debate, pizza and prominent guest speakers. It sounds like fun, but this organized head-scratching is a luxury afforded to those whose political concerns are less urgent...