Word: freshman
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...trendy selling point. Men's colleges once looked about as viable as castrato choirs. But Wabash, independent since it was founded in 1832, is giving its Georgian campus a $100 million face lift, with modern science and sports facilities, and has just enrolled one of its largest and smartest freshman classes in years. It's a tribute to the college's richly intimate teaching traditions: its fewer than 1,000 students, from all economic backgrounds, often learn as much over dinner and wine tastings at professors' houses as they do in the classroom. But it may also reflect the fact...
Among the girls, the In sport is softball. Sarah Miller, whose friends call her the Doctor because she's an A student in all the hard classes, was awkward and unathletic as a freshman and learned that "the way to become part of the In crowd was to join a sport." Two of Sarah's best friends are Lisa Gilbert, a drum major in the band who may be valedictorian, and Ben Hudson, a black senior with a 2.9 GPA who works two jobs to help pay the bills at home...
Lunch is one of the few outlets left. A senior who has smoked almost daily since freshman year keeps a bong in his car, which has marijuana seeds scattered all over it. During the 27 minutes he has to drive to Burger King and back, he gets high. "It makes school more interesting," he says. He notes that he's lost his ambition over the years, though he doesn't know...
...passes out a rose to each member of the girls' softball team, whose coach has `recently died. Then he strolls over to principal Voss and hands her a bouquet. When the pep rally ends and school is dismissed early for the day, Bobby passes a freshman sitting on the steps outside. He says, "Hey," and waves. To be recognized by a jock like Bobby is a big deal to the kid, who beams. It is part of Bobby's charm. It brings him fame. Bobby climbs into a friend's Oldsmobile, with a large speaker blaring rap music...
...these seniors have a room of their own at school: No. 216. Anne and many of her friends are members of the school's selective Pegasus program, an accelerated English class with about 25 students per grade. To be admitted, candidates send in a portfolio prior to their freshman year; entries range from stamp collections to Boy Scout badges to Anne's video of one of her theater performances. Since theirs is a four-year course of study, the Pegasites, as they are known, often travel in a pack. And you'll more likely find them rehashing the National Honor...