Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...self-proclaimed "money-hungry" freshmen say they failed to make it past the first telephone interview. One admits that she had never taken any drugs other than alcohol and marijuana, and was rejected outright. The other claims to have experimented with several hard drugs, and was told, "I'm sorry, but we're looking for people with considerable experience in one area...
...doubt many of the house stereotypes are only partially--if at all--based on the lifestyles of the people who reside in each house. But the widely held prejudices about the houses, which are an inevitable offshoot of the choice-based system, encourage freshmen to identify themselves with a given stereotype and reinforce the tendency to label and to ignore others...
...Concentration, freshman "planning to concentrate in History are urged to take at least one of [the introductory] courses." That's funny--three of the five listed this year are bracketed. And the same thing happened two years ago. Should Fields of Concentration be changed to read that every other freshmen class should take an intro course...
...PEOPLE EXPERIENCE more confusion and frustration than freshmen attempting to fill out a Plan of Study to concentrate in history. Concentrators should be given a schedule of offerings in the department covering the next two or three years. And finally, the department should make it a priority to offer its introductory courses every year...
...White, who boasted an outstanding 2.36 goals-against average coming into the Brown contest, and Saskatchewan native Brita Lind (14-15--29)--who had played only a version of hockey called "ringette," involving sticks without blades used to push a ring around the ice--before coming to Harvard, are freshmen. Both are legitimate contenders for Ivy League Rookie of the Year...