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...talent at Harvard who is quickly gaining the respect of her peers. Last spring she directed “Day Standing on its Head” in the Adams Pool Theater, and she will hold a reading next month. When not being sidelined for the Crimson, find her leading FOP or dancing with the Harvard-Radcliffe Dance Company...
...home after a long trip. It is a little strange and uncomfortable at first, but in time it feels as if you’ve been there forever. It is almost inexplicable, but the woods seem to be a catalyst for community. Bonding moves at lightning speed, and the FOP group becomes a surrogate family, recapping the day’s events while laughing and joking over macaroni and cheese...
Harvard is like a new campsite, only the sleeping bags and plastic tarps are replaced by extra-long beds and red brick facades. Just as Annenberg fare is more or less equivalent to backcountry food cooked in bulk, the Harvard community is comparable to a FOP group on a larger scale. Your entryway, your tutorial, your Expos class and even Justice are places where you and your fellow students can come together over a common goal. There are opportunities at every turn to make Harvard your home. It is tough to find a niche in a group...
...disclaimer: for those of you who did not go on FOP, worry not. The woods are a facilitator for these kinds of lessons, but not the only place where they can be learned. The environment just helps the process along...
...says in the FOP handbook: “If anyone asks what FOP was like, you can tell them: ‘We were organized, thorough and prepared. We took care of ourselves in basic ways. We entrusted people with our lives, learned to do without and persevered at different things. We learned to use new tools and we took care of what we had with us. We lived simply.’ And if they are perceptive, they will say, ‘You don’t need the mountains to do that...