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While we were leaving the Yard last weekend, my friend and I were stopped by three tourists in search of insider??s advice. One of them, a young man, good-naturedly asked us where the biggest student hang-out spot is. “We’ve been to the library,” he told us, “and all of the must-see attractions. We’re looking for the spot where the students hang out, not the stuff...
...council during reading period because of unexcused absences. Tom D. Hadfield ’08, Grimeland’s running mate, was never on the council, although he is currently running to fill a vacant seat in Eliot House. Although they were considered to be the “insider?? ticket, Voith and Gadgil came in a disappointing third in December’s election after a campaign that was marked by several flashes of controversy. In the second week of the election, The Crimson obtained an e-mail from a Voith-Gadgil staffer to a member...
...Untangling the Ivy League: 2006” markets itself as an insider??s guide to the Ivy League written by the students and alumni. The book’s back cover confides: “We figured they would know more from experience, plus they’re probably a whole lot smarter.” As if self-promotion and hubris were in too short a supply around our campuses, the book informs us that Ivy Leaguers are more intelligent than college experts, major publishing houses, and the general public. If the labyrinth of college admissions truly...
...student decides on anthropology at the end of her freshman year, she can still easily switch to history the next spring. With fewer requirements, she will be able to make up for the missed tutorial in her junior year. At the same time, she can get an insider??s feel for anthropology in her first semester in the department, as she will have access to concentration advisers, House tutors, and fellow anthropology concentrators...
...took a year off during medical school to serve as a senior adviser for health policy in the Clinton administration. It was in Washington that Gawande got an insider??s look into “the battles of trying to actually reform the health care system.” Today, he describes the endeavor as a failure—“a very trying experience with many lessons learned...