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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shell-shocked, Lansing Lamont slogged through the battlefields of the nation's most prestigious universities, fending off grade frenzy, resisting sexual anarchy, getting the material for the folks back home. Why top-ranked schools? "Hell, I didn't want to go out somewhere to some Animal House, where there are no serious academics really, but to those places that provide material for the leadership posts," Lamont explained in a recent interview...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speaking for Himself | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...Luckily, Lamont didn't have to go it alone. The academic brass led him by the hand, providing him with "typical" students--a couple of pre-meds, a pre-law student, a few women, not to forget a smattering of minorities--all chosen by the front office, the University administrators. Lamont explains, "I could waste time randomly interviewing, but I wanted to make it as scientific as I could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speaking for Himself | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

Though the battle rages in the pages of Campus Shock, Lamont reports that Harvard's defenses are still basically sound. "The thing that struck me most about Harvard was that it wasn't knocked askew by one single problem...Harvard seems to have all the problems, but for some reason they deal with them better. I don't know whether they spend more time, or they're smarter, or whether it's the fact that they're simply Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Speaking for Himself | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...University will pay approximately $750,000 for the property, directly across Mass Ave from Lamont Library and the Freshman Union, Lewis A. Armistead, community relations representative in the office for Government and Community Affairs, said yesterday...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: University Completes Deal to Purchase Gulf Oil Station and Lot for $750,000 | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

...year is like a cataract--it steadily creeps over you, encasing you in academics and activities, until finally you're so blinded you cannot see a world beyond Harvard Yard. Your behavior changes: your gaze becomes glazed like the Wild Man of Borneo, your feet almost automatically head for Lamont Library, you don't think you have even a few moments to spare to run to the Coop or see friends, and your whole world revolves around the Union and the Science Center. It's entirely possible to wake up on a Monday and realize that, for the past four...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: The Great Escape | 8/17/1979 | See Source »

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