Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson also showcases three-sport phenomenon Char Joslin, who moonlights as a Harvard midfielder during the ice hockey and lacrosse off-seasons. Last year, Joslin came on strong at the end of the season--as freshmen sometimes do--and recorded a goal and three assists. She finished second in the Ivy League Rookie of the Year balloting behind Yale goalie Sue Sabatino and earned second team All-Ivy honors...
...FRESHMEN SAT IN horrified silence two Sundays ago as President Bok opened a week of orientation with a scathing condemnation of "myths" concerning Harvard. These so-called "myths"--the word is Bok's--are in fact fundamental truths of our one-day alma mater. In his rejection of them, Bok likely caused some trepidation among those concerned with Harvard's leadership...
...social life, however, took more than 20 minutes. "I love to socialize, and people don't realize that. That doesn't seem to go along with biochem majors." Freshman year he said he made a point of trying to meet a lot of people, but a lot of freshmen were not ready for someone to just walk up to them out of the blue and say "Hi." In Quincy House courtyard he does exactly that, and people say "Hi" back and talk. Madison likes to talk with people...
This spring 12 freshmen declared a concentration that no other student before them had. The intrepid freshmen signed up to test drive the Women's Studies program four months after the concentration was voted into existence. The product of eight years of lobbying and planning, the concentration received only one dissent--from Professor of Government Harvey Mansfield--as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) approved its first new concentration in three years...
...annual address to incoming freshmen, President Derek C. Bok stresses the colloquial but underappreciated 'Harvard Experience.' We are here, he says to yawns, not only to excel in the classroom, but to learn from one another. Bok's idea of a broad education includes students engaging in public service activities and making friends from diverse backgrounds...