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JENNA BUSH has had a rather eventful freshman year. Her dad got elected President; she used the Secret Service to help bail a drunken buddy out of jail; and last week the University of Texas frosh got busted for underage drinking. Whole seasons of Felicity have been woven out of less. Bush, 19, was cited at about 1 a.m. Friday for drinking from a glass of beer in Cheers' Shot Bar in Austin. Alcohol possession by a minor is a class C misdemeanor in Texas, punishable by a fine or community service. "We respect the privacy of this young woman...
This year’s Freshman Musical, I Spy, got off to an interesting start when executive producer Michael J. Hines ’04 thanked several people in the audience and then directed a comment to the pre-frosh: “If you don’t think we are the most talented student body at Harvard, then you’ll think we are the most sexually frustrated!” This unusual start was the precursor to a night of laughs and great music...
...frosh weekend is most likely the time of the year when the website of the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid sees its heaviest traffic—and a highly inconvenient time for the site to fall prey to the work of a hacker...
Second, pre-frosh weekend is just that: a weekend. You did not arrive until Saturday, missing the classes and work of weekday Harvard. By nature of the warmth and the relative lack of work, on pre-frosh weekend Harvard has a social life. But don’t be fooled—Loker does not always host mixers. The Leverett ’80s dance does not happen every weekend. The social scene here is dominated by the “Harvard Hundred”—meaning the same hundred people rather than a hundred parties...
...staying until Monday, talking to people other than the Crimson Key Society, and of course reading this column, you’re challenging the pre-frosh illusion. You’re looking for more than what you’re shown. And so I meet your challenge. Pre-frosh weekend exposes you to this place, shows you the buildings, but does not tell you if the experience is one you would like. So, from a junior who likes to think she can give advice, here are the top five reasons not to come to Harvard...