Word: freshman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...silence--and his hair. On first impression, his quiet confidence crosses the line into arrogant rock stardom, and it is difficult to reconcile that image with that of the boy from San Antonio, Texas. Logue--who has lived with Tarver for three years--recalls the first time they met freshman year. "I was sitting outside playing my guitar, when Clay came and took it from me, without saying anything, and started to play. I looked at him and said, `That's pretty good, Clyde,' (that's what I thought his name was). He looked back, sneered and said, `My name...
Wallace's experience as a student confined to a wheelchair was a four-year struggle against frustration. As a freshman he had access to two suites in the entire Yard, both located in one entryway in one dormitory. As an upperclassman in Leverett House, one of the three houses at the College even partially wheelchair accessible, he had no access to the library, common rooms or most students' rooms. And, when the University said living on the 10th floor would be a fire hazard for him, Wallace enlisted the aid of a Boston lawyer to convince Harvard...
Although Perez says his freshman year turned out to be a good experience, he worries that other minority students might not adjust to their new environment as well as he did. But he is working hard to see that they...
...Perez hopes that Harvard will take notice of what other Ivy League schools, such as Princeton, have done to make minority students more comfortable. The government concentrator says Harvard should consider having minority counselors in every house and adding a few extra days to Freshman Week for minority students...
...Athletic Department sometimes hires "kids who are not on work-study and for whom a crisis in the family or unforeseen financial problems have arisen," says Don Allard '83, assistant director of athletic operations and head coach for the freshman football team...