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...actual admissions oversights go, Lewis says the office doesn't have any problems. "We may be wrong, but we're never careless," Lewis maintains. "All I know is we admit people and they show up and live in dorms and are your roommates. Most people pay tuition. It works out okay," she jokes. However, sometimes Harvard will rescind an offer if something drastic happens post-decision. The most famous case was Gina Grant, whose admission offer was revoked in 1995 after the office learned of her 1991 manslaughter conviction for killing her abusive mother. Most instances are less lurid--plummeting...
...Some students, unconvinced of their past achievements, may not agree with Lewis' view that the staff at 8 Garden St. never makes mistakes. But Lewis says that's ultimately the students' call. "If you're a Harvard student, you would know better than we do if we've made any mistakes," she says...
...social know? Let FM catch you up on the newest social organization, the Seneca...
...Fact: The Seneca has some up-there goals--according to co-president Alexandra B. Seru '01, "One goal is that we want to create a support system for owomen and really get to know each other in a non-competitive setting. The other goal is just as important. We want to set up a community for the entire school"--but still is a social organization. Technically Radcliffe did not die, and bras are too expensive these days to burn on a regular basis...
...SPAD: I think I would have to go with President Rudenstine. He seems to just have that...very distinguished look, I guess you'd say. He's getting to the point where he doesn't seem like someone who's necessarily vain. You know, a little disheveled, sometimes...