Word: froshes
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...official line may be the same everywhere, but what really goes on when the lights go out and the administration turns away from its-frosh? Some schools strikes pre-emptively-Georgetown does not offer overnight stays in the dorm, and Duke only offers them during the week when the partying is, presumably, toned down. Boston University does host pre-frosh over the weekend but requires that they be in their host dorms at 11:30 p.m. At Brown, the administration schedules events all the way until 1 a.m., presumably in the hopes that after that hour, the exhausted pre-frosh...
...stock to be in the ballpark of 250 to 3, Radcliffe spokesperson Michael A. Armini counters, "There's this one [Radcliffe shirt] on sale at the Coop with bold red letters. I think it's brilliant in its simplicity." But they're going fast. Rumor has it that pre-frosh stormed the Square last weekend, in search of the one T-shirt that would make them look like their older sister went here. And who knows? One day, these simple vestments may fetch the $345 alumni pay to get their paws on black Harvard chairs just like...
...that my host was not home. Stuck without a key card or a companion, I waited until 3 and then made my second trip from the Quad to the Yard, annoyed and disappointed. It was at this very moment of bitterness toward Harvard when the conundrum of the pre-frosh experience became clear to me, distilled into two essential truths: (1) this weekend, with its tours, jams and bashes would not really tell me anything about what my experience at Harvard would be like, and (2) I had no alternative but to make my decision based upon this weekend...
...frosh weekend began and ended dismally. Upon arrival I quickly shooed my dad away, determined to have a stab at college self-sufficiency. After calmly navigating the mess of paperwork, "warm fuzzies" and eager parents at the admissions office, I gratefully received my room assignment. At the time, the word "Currier" was just a name on paper--it did not signify "the Quad." My host had left me a message: I could drop off my things in her room but she wouldn't be there. Several inquiries and two wrong-turns later I found myself at the entrance to Currier...
...told my dad that even though I hated every moment of the weekend, I would definitely go: The tour-guide had great sunglasses. A shallow rationale, but then again, pre-frosh is all about engaging in the superficial: People trying out new "college personalities," judging the climate, and engaging in five-second conversations about whether or not you'll decide to come...