Word: first-yearsã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...always, voter turnout was highest among first-years??€”approximately half of all first-years voted in this year’s elections, thanks to extensive Yard-based advertising campaigns and information sessions. However, this year the council also did surprisingly well among older students; two thirds of all voters were upperclassmen. Competitive elections were held in every undergraduate House but Mather, and in Winthrop House, ten candidates ran for the three available positions. We hope that the enthusiasm showed by the first-years will remain as those students enter the Houses...
...right, I suppose. Fifteen-odd years after he graduated, the strange symmetry is still intact: Harvard College is entirely yours for your very first week here (Freshman Week), and then not again until your very last week (Commencement Week). Admittedly, the Jewish calendar dealt the Class of 2005 a bit of a bad hand, as the timing of Rosh Hashanah forced administrators to let all students move in at the same time as the first-years??€”but effectively the campus belongs to the frosh until Sept. 11, when returning students have to be on campus to register...