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Today we mourn the passing of one essential facet of life at Harvard--madness. Hot-dog madness, breakfast madness, winter madness and summer madness will never again brighten our gastronomic lives, now that Elsie's has closed. After 30 years, a great institution of higher eating has disappeared...
...really always stressed that friendship and the working-class communities in Cambridge were such an important facet in Cambridge life," the councillor recalls. "I want very much for working-class people to be more involved with the city's government...
...location in the river houses. The reality, though, is that freshman are already housed randomly, and sophomores who are involuntarily randomized more often than not learn to love the house they wind up in. Moreover, total randomization would not affect the selection of rooming groups, perhaps the most important facet of the housing experience. Indeed, it would open up options, since students who before had split apart because of housing preferences would now be free to stay together. Total randomization would also relieve stress from freshmen, who are forced to choose a House at the same time they are being...
While the symptons of "sophomore slump" are quite disparate, many of my classmates complain of a sense of despondency that they did not feel during their first year. Some, like the person I passed in the Yard, are not inspired by any facet of their lives. Though nothing upsets them particularly, they feel a let-down from their first year, in which everything was exciting and fresh. As sophomores, they have acquired a "Been there, done that" cynicism that makes them doubt that any truly new experiences await them. Others, however, take a far more negative attitude than this general...
...school's gay scene is only one facet in the final decision. Gay students are drawn to Harvard because of its academics and also because of its proximity to Boston, which has a large gay population. One of the reasons that Cheuse picked Harvard was so that she could make a difference in its atmosphere, she says...