Word: hometowner
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Lopez, a Quincy House resident, grew interested in HIV while volunteering at a center for low-income HIV patients in his hometown of San Jose, Calif...
...you’ve ever spoken to a Chicagoan about his hometown, you probably already know the answer: we love ourselves. The breeze coming off Lake Michigan might not be as strong as the one felt on the shores of the Charles, but the wind coming out of our mouths can blow anyone away. Chicago has a long and proud history of, well, being proud of itself, and it’s a tradition that Chicagoans of today proudly carry...
...share a hometown with only one other member of the Class of 2009, and maybe 10 students in the entire college. Most people I know from the coasts have trouble even visualizing where Omaha is—I remember using a Jasper Johns painting to explain Midwest geography to my friend from the Bronx during freshman year...
House: Winthrop Concentration: English Hometown: Shirley, Mass. Ideal Date: One that involves a heterosexual male. I mean, I’m not THAT picky... Best way for a guy to get your attention: Quote “Moby-Dick” to me in honeyed tones. Where to find you on a Saturday night: Trying to get into the Bike Room. Or on the floor of the Delphic basement. Or on the floor of the Bike Room. First thing you notice about a guy: Whether he’s wearing Bean Boots. Best pick-up line: Nice shoes. Wanna make...
...competition.” Yet whatever its etymology, “comp” is essentially a euphemism for “apply to.” When out in the world at large, Harvard students prefer to shroud their doings in mystery, confounding their hometown friends with tales of the “script comp” or the “Crimson comp.” This term is unknown even at Yale. And Harvard students would prefer it to remain ambiguous. To have to admit to ex-colleagues from the Debate or Fencing team that their primary...