Word: m
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...m voting for a new-semester makeover that runs deeper than a Hervé Chapelier handbag and darker jeans. Something drastic. So I've snuck a little Camp Miniwanca into Issue One; FM's back-to-school, in-your-face guide to self-improvement gives a you the gentle kick in the ass you need to supe up your life in four familiar departments. I think Becca Cannon would be proud...
...m not alone late at night when I'm working on my city-steps--she's there right next to me in the mirror, practicing her right hook. And beside her is my other roommate who's learning Arabic, right next to the one who's attempting a plié. Watching us in our common room, one begins to wonder what possesses Harvard students like us to indulge in these secret passions? What makes them think that deep inside them there is a ballerina/boxer/multi-linguist waiting to break free...
...Perhaps it's our hubris. "Hey, I've been pretty good at everything so far, why not this?" Or maybe it's a rebellion of sorts against our true talents. An, "I'm going to do the thing that everyone told me I sucked...
...moment does not make a lifetime, or even a career--a fact of which I'm sure even the most laid-back Harvardian is aware. I doubt I'll ever get to say, "See that Golden Gloves Champion'that's my roommate!" I also doubt that I'll ever go to Metropolitan to see my other friend dance. But as long as I get to laugh at them while they try out their punches and pliés, and we all get to collectively learn a line dance in the living room, I'll be content...
...Harvard I sometimes forget about sacrifice, American idealism, true freedom. The self-important attitude of the place kind of does that to you. But when I'm at home in my New York mountains, with my brother who's a West Point cadet and my father who didn't go to college but served twice in Vietnam as a Marine, nothing seems more important than defending those things. Maybe I've just got a sentimental attachment to my brother's "Duty, Honor, Country" and my dad's "Semper Fideles." But I think it's more than that. In June...