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...there for me our first year, across the Yard instead of across the hall, when tension grew in my blocking group. And when my mother announced that she was getting married for a third time. And when my estranged father was killed. Her futon was another home to me and my sourcebooks. To divert ourselves from our problems, we would play "Sim City" on her computer--and destroy the cities with robots and aliens as we'd crack up with hysterical laughter...
...first heard about the shootings during a Fox News commercial during evening reruns of "The Simpsons." I was snacking on something, curled up on my roommate's futon, trying to ignore the guilt I was feeling over my unfinished schoolwork. The news of the incident stunned every conscious thought I had out of my head, as I'm sure it did for many people. The first thought I had was, "Oh my God, that could have been any school. That could have been my sister and brother's high school. That--God, no--could have been the elementary school...
...frosh host was a good childhood friend of mine," he explains. "She had three other roommates, one of which had a friend visiting that weekend. The roommate and her visiting friend were both going to leave early the next morning, so they decided to sleep on the common room futon (where l was supposed to have slept). This way, they would not wake anyone when they got up." Unfortunately, Juri ended up sleeping in the roommate's bed, and the mixup climaxed--since the girl lived in a double. "This roommate came home very late that night and proceeded...
There is a small, yet active group of young people whose life-stage affords them a special perspective on Harvard life. These are not ambitious members of the Class of 2003 camping out on your futon, nor are they the never-washing teen hordes that flood Harvard Square every weekend. They are the youngest members of our community at 12 or 14 years old, and many have never lived elsewhere. Recently, we sought them out for their inimitable takes on the Harvard experience, and this is what they told...
...There is a small, yet active group of young people whose life-stage affords them a special perspective on Harvard life. These are not ambitious members of the Class of 2003 camping out on your futon, nor are they the never-washing teen hordes that flood Harvard Square every weekend. They are the youngest members of our community at 12 or 14 years old, and many have never lived elsewhere. Recently, we sought them out for their inimitable takes on the Harvard experience, and this is what they told...