Word: freshmen
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...From “pre-frosh” weekend, presumptive Harvard students are nursed on bile toward Yale. Echoes of the rivalry reverberate in orientation sessions and programs during early September’s Freshmen Week. By the opening kickoff of the football season a few weeks later, the newest class at Harvard has become proudly aware of its identity not only with the red-brick, ivy-clad walls they will call home, but also with a long and storied tradition extending back into time as immemorial as it gets on this side of the Atlantic...
...Harvard women’s squash team (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) swept its season-opening matches against Brown, Stanford, and Williams to bring its lifetime record against the teams to a collective 14-0. Despite graduating 2007 national champion Kyla Grigg ’07 and starting only freshmen and sophomores—including two walk-ons—on the nine-woman squad, the team showed confidence and poise on the way to victory. The Crimson began the season beset with injuries, with 2007 All-Ivy senior Supriya Balsekar out with a hip injury for at least...
...straight games, dispelling any doubt about the quality of players and the new leadership. “We certainly have a different team this season,” said sophomore Colin West, who won at the No. 1 position. “We got a lot of good freshmen this year, and we are not going to be the same team as last year, but I felt fantastic. I think we have lot of potential for improvement this year.” There was no doubt about potential, as three freshmen—Richard Hill at No. 2, J. Reed...
...Crimson” headbands to the fans. Seven students decked out in Harvard attire took the stage to compete for the title of “Most Spirited Fan.” The aspiring fans were first asked Harvard-related questions by Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67—who was sporting out a “Go Crimson” headband—and mathematics professor Benedict H. Gross ’71, the former dean of the College. The top four contestants were asked “Miss America”-style questions...
...Current freshmen and sophomores will most likely graduate under the Core Curriculum, the professor in charge of implementing its replacement said at yesterday’s full Faculty meeting. Moving away from earlier plans that would have brought the Classes of 2010 and 2011 under the general education program, Jay M. Harris said the new curriculum would not go into effect until fall 2009. That means that the Class of 2013 would be the first to enter under the new requirements. Harris said the committee expects to have a small number of courses available to students in the fall...