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State Rep. Mark Roosevelt '78 (D-Beacon Hill) was identified as a "gov jock" while he was a Harvard undergraduate, although he never took a government class. The history concentrator learned about politics on the job, as the manager for several Massachusetts campaigns...
That's something else that strikes you aboutthis team. "I was the school jock," says Body, buthe's not alone--in fact, Harvard's senior classcollectively lettered in high school hockey(hmmm...) football, track, volleyball, basketball,golf, baseball, lacrosse, soccer and at least twosports which we're not at liberty to name...
...current policy, with tries to destroy house stereotypes, is also contradictory for its acceptance of personal stereotypes. Saying that "type" would congregate implies that people are defined by their "type"--that they have no depth beyond "jock" or "nerd." In fact, students have many facets and a plan that defines them as narrow representatives of a particular race, creed or stereotype does them a great disservice...
Students are well aware that North House, and the Quad in general, are predominantly Black. Quincy tends to house many Asians. The lack of diversity is not limited to racial characteristics. Adams House is stereotyped as an "artsy" house. Mather and Kirkland are known as "jock houses...
...wanting to miss may chance to spread negative and baseless stereotypes, I now make my own contribution to the discourse of archetypes. I propose a new personality to join the gov jock and pre-med: the liberal white female, or LWF for short...