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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...freshman again. An entire year with nothing to do except sample the privileges of being an adult without the responsibilities. A chance to major in chemistry but dabble in art history, to try out for intramural water polo, to sing Cole Porter fight songs at the football game, to meet the diverse and intriguing group of people that high school and summer camp never quite delivered. Frat parties, water fights and spring in Daytona Beach. Through that gauzy nostalgic haze, many college graduates remember all the glories of freshman year, and problems no more weighty than getting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hail And Beware, Freshmen | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

...been students during the wild and woolly '60s, they are often no less caught up with achievement than their children. The students are the first to notice the double standard: "I worked and they didn't," says Prudence Cumberbatch, 19, a sophomore at Sarah Lawrence, as she compares her freshman experience with that of her parents. "They partied and had fun and I didn't. And they said, 'Please don't do what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hail And Beware, Freshmen | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

This purposefulness and focus on the future have stripped some of the levity from the freshman experience. "They're more serious about their education," says Andristine Robinson, associate dean of students at Pennsylvania's Lincoln University. "I see better grades coming out," she says, but she also found that many of last year's freshmen skipped extracurricular activities because they "wanted to get their studies together first." For students who have just survived the brutal college-entrance marathon, this competitive atmosphere is all too familiar. But others, accustomed to being stars in high school, find themselves feeling lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hail And Beware, Freshmen | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

With each freshman class, each September, come new athletes to compete for the crimson and white. At the same time, every Harvard coach hopes to find the next All-Ivy player, the next superstar...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: New Blood Fills Athletic Venues | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

Harvard will have a hard time performing an encore to last year's best-ever 21-win season. But with a strong inside game, dangerous outside shooters, and a strong freshman class, the cagers have an excellent chance to repeat as Ivy champion...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: New Blood Fills Athletic Venues | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

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