Word: eagerness
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...puzzled responses Mika has heard since he arrived in the fall testify to a disturbing reality: Harvard is not immune. Harvard is, however, self-aware. Conversations with a number of peers have revealed a deep and pervasive sense of insecurity about geography. More interestingly, perhaps, Harvard undergraduates seem genuinely eager to change what they view as an unacceptable dearth of geographic knowledge. And, as the tide of globalization advances ever further, ignorance becomes ever more costly. But what does it mean, exactly, to study geography? For many people, the word conjures unpleasant memories of fourth grade state capital exams. Geography...
...future with questions like, “I wonder how soon after getting home my parents will leave me alone so I can masturbate?”Many will find themselves bombarded by the question, “What are you doing next year?” which is eager beaver code for “I don’t care what you’re doing but listen to me because I’m working at a top I-banking firm in the city.” This, in turn, is code...
...cold Sunday night near Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, the Victoria Bar's School of Intoxication is in session. I'm an eager pupil, and at the end of the three-hour lesson on the art of mixing cocktails, I'm probably going to be saturated - with knowledge, of course. Award-winning bartender Stefan Weber knows it too, and so he cautions me and the some 40 other "students" at the bar to drink plenty of water between drinks to ward off the dreaded hangover. "I am going to lead you into the realm of intoxication," says Weber with a mischievous...
...according to several administrators, the College seems eager to back and fund the new board...
...Administrators said that they are eager to cede their new role to a social programming board...