Word: gryffindor
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...Winthrop’s pride is reserved but true—seen in the quiet burdens that residents brush off with empathy and a smile. With a lion as Winthrop’s mascot, it would be best to consider Winthrop House as Harvard’s equivalent to Gryffindor...
...It’s like transferring from Gryffindor to Ravenclaw to Slytherin,” a friend told me once. “You just don’t do it.” I swear I’m not a psycho. I get along fairly well with others. I’m not a serial sexile-er. But when I tell people that I am currently living in my third Harvard House in as many years, you can imagine the puzzled reaction. What’s worse is that when faced with the inevitable question that follows?...
...could Quidditch be what Harvard-Yale is to the Ivy League Muggles? Doubtful. Before you Rush off with your butterbeer helmet and Gryffindor body paint, keep in mind that it is going to take a lot more than Felix Felicis to get this team off the ground. Still interested in joining? Well, at the very least, come Halloween time, you'll have a cool costume...errr, well at least you'll have a costume...
...Hogwarts, once seen as a rare safe haven, begins to lose much of its structural integrity. Despite the film’s grim tone, the storyline isn’t all danger and darkness. After a two-year absence, Quidditch is back, and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) joins the Gryffindor team as Keeper. Comic relief comes in the form of new characters, most notably Ron’s annoyingly perky girlfriend Lavender Brown (Jessie Caves) and the arrogant Cormac McLaggen (Freddie Stroma), who compulsively chases after Hermione Granger (Emma Watson). Both in and out of the classroom, the Potter characters...
There are a lot of those people. To date, Paul and Joe have played more than 500 shows in 49 states. (Give it up, Hawaii!) Paul (on guitar) and Joe (keyboards) dress in white shirts and orange-and-red-striped Gryffindor ties. They have a rotating cast of drummers, la Spinal Tap, and are occasionally joined onstage by the giant squid that lives in the Hogwarts lake. Their hits include "Save Ginny Weasley," "Voldemort Can't Stop the Rock!" and "The Weapon We Have Is Love...