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...they have Munro for entertainment, a self-proclaimed "mascot for those who don't want to do work, except during reading period." And of course, there are the lovable cats, Iri and Suzanne, who are enough to make any place feel (and smell) just like home. The two grad student tutors also seem to have particularly good relationships with the students. As one member explains, "This is the only time I've talked to a tutor without being in trouble...
...still young and invincible, we can smoke all we want now. But we never would in the real world," one jokes. Her smoking partner adds, "yeah, I would never smoke once I get married and have kids." Other students have more intriguing personal stories about quitting. One grad student smoking in front of William James Hall spilled a sad tale of love and lung abuse. "I smoked in high school and college, then quit for three years. Then I began grad school and started again. When I became engaged, I quit because of that, but three months before...
Anyone who's ever been on a tour of the campus knows the Widener story. The intrepid, but not-too-bright Harvard grad who went back into the ship as it was sinking to rescue a rare manuscript. But very few ever learn the Straus tragedy. And of those who do, fewer remember this random piece of school trivia. Apparently Mrs. Straus had a spot on one of the life boats, but refused to leave her husband. She stayed and they both drowned together as Titanic sank. In their memory, the Straus' children donated Straus Hall. Proof that while Harvard...
...collate admissions process my get most of the attention in terms of rejections, but fellowships, grant applications, grad school admissions and recruiting are just as bad for the psuche, if not worse. Here we are, having put in four more years of hard work and dedication and monetary investment, only to find that every door has its own lock which our expensive and highly-prized set of Keys won't necessarily open...
...then we realized: Life must really suck for students in grad school--kind of like college, but only worse. So what's the most appropriate way to show gratitude for the hard and often unrecognized work...