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...people at the first meeting were white males (nothing personal, I'm one myself) and 15 of 17 are or were members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Club (HRRC). Do the names sound similar? They're not supposed to--according to the Young Republicans Club Guidebook only one "College Republicans" club can exist on any campus. Randall A. Fine '96, HRAC's first vice-president, should know this. He used this book to lead his "foot soldiers of victory" to "a club in every county" in his native Kentucky...
Scott A. McNeely, a writer and editor for the Berkeley Guides, says that Fodor's may have chosen Berkeley to illustrate "the epitome of East-West coast differences." He admits that much of the guidebook rivalry is based on stereotypes. At Berkeley, students may be "more politically aware, more aware of what's going on around the world, than at other schools...
...allowed to move into my Pennypacker Hall room a day early because I did dorm crew. I left my stuff in the common room and did not move in to the individual bedrooms, following some guidebook's instructions to politely wait until all your roommates arrived before setting up shop...
According to the Crimson Key Society's Guidebook to Harvard, Le Corbusier sent his plans to the University but did not see the building until construction was completed. When he saw the finished product, he gasped, "My gosh, man, you've built it upside down...
...says Chris, Yugoslavia was by far the most "taxing mentally, emotionally and physically" of all his assignments -- and the most dangerous as well. "There is no guidebook or rule book" on how to do it, he explains: because of the free-form nature of the fighting, "no one can stop you from going anywhere you want." It usually was possible to drive right into a battle -- and impossible to avoid shelling and sniper fire; some of his friends were in fact killed. To militiamen in a civil war, says Chris, "if you're a civilian you're down...