Word: kobach
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unusual was this year's crop that several rooming groups had two fellowship winners under the same roof. Kris W. Kobach '88 and his roommate Alexander E. Dreier '88 captured a Marshall and Rhodes respectively. And they are not alone. Gary D. Rowe '88, winner of the Henry--a scholarship reserved for Harvard and Yale students--and his roommate Robert W. Cook '88, who won the Knox--another Harvard-only scholarship--will both be going to England next year...
...unbelievable. The chances of it occurring are infinitestimally small," says Kobach of his and Dreier's achievement. He says some colleges would consider themselves lucky if they won two such scholarships in total, let alone two in one suite. To top things off, Dreier and Kobach will both be going to Oxford next year, and they will both be studying in the same masters program...
...Kobach and Dreier joke that they are not surprised they both won, although they add that they thought Dreier would win the Marshall and Kobach the Rhodes. They say they supported each other throughout the process and even read each other's essays. But Dreier says their relationship did get a little tense after he found out in December that he had won the Rhodes; the Marshalls were not announced until a month later...
...Cambridge has potholes the size of the Grand Canyon," says Kobach. And according to Bruce Weber, salesperson at the Bicycle Exchange, the city roads throughout Boston are getting worse and worse...
...traffic is the biggest problem. Cambridge drivers are some of the most ferocious in the world," Kobach says...