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...middle of spring midterms, after seven months of community-starved first-years’ attaching themselves to their entryways and extracurricular activities in a frantic search for a niche at often-impersonal, always-intimidating Harvard. It is simply unreasonable to expect freshmen, who in many cases feel satisfied with their Harvard experiences come March, to buy into the community of a randomly assigned House. This problem is exacerbated by the presence of blocking groups; since freshmen usually block with friends from one of their improvised first-year communities, there’s no incentive to become part of the broader...
...their legs. The screening was the first part of “Get Housed” night, which included a study break and a professional “R-rated” hypnotist.Haining Gouinlock ’07, a member of the Prefect board, said that the night was a “way to bring all freshmen together one more time before they get separated into Houses.”In addition to the Prefect Board, other organizers of the event were the Freshman Dean’s Office, the First-Year Social Committee, and Campus Life Fellow Justin...
...Wednesdays, the first-year cadets start the morning in a small classroom decorated with posters emblazoned with words like integrity, honor, and excellence. There are 15 cadets from different colleges, as well as an MIT pre-frosh applying for an ROTC scholarship. Four of the cadets are women, and it appears to be a racially diverse crew. Captain Brian Sullivan, who teaches the cadets military science, sits on a desk and sips coffee as he clicks through slides of weapons: M-4s, night vision devices, different kinds of grenades. “Look through the optical device here...you basically...
...most effective mound performance during the weekend belonged to freshman Adam Cole, who started the season’s first game on Friday. The rookie from Sudbury, Mass. made good on the trust shown by the coaching staff, allowing just two runs until he was bumped during a two-run Florida sixth. He yielded just two hits and three walks overall—an “amazing” performance for a first-year player, according to captain Morgan Brown.“He showed a lot of poise,” Brown said...
...advisor with a greater familiarity with concentrations and classes in that area. Such a system would help first-years better explore their chosen fields and would allow for a more productive freshmen year. For the new program to be successful, the College must let peer academic advisors give freshmen honest advising on courses because it would be detrimental to freshmen to give them half of the story.An improved Prefect Program and a new peer academic advising system would dramatically improve freshman year, allowing first-years to reduce the stress of adjusting to college life and better explore academic fields. College...