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This impersonal introduction has several key advantages that must be explored. Having similar academic interests, living in the same dorm, or hailing from the same geographical region all provide the foundations for a budding friendship. Fledgling amity is almost always in desperate need of commonalities around which conversation can be sustained. A shared interest in “folk and myth” or “that new major…you know, the stem cell one” can lead to a prolonged discussion of class selection and Q ratings. Residence in the same dorm can spark listing...
...definitely puts one at ease, getting a sense of the personality,” Plon said. “The people who hold these offices are people, and they need support of friends...
...have a lot of positive aspects to take away, and we’re making ourselves stronger and more prepared for the Ivy League season. We would like to win these matches, but our priority is to use the matches to improve for the Ivy League matches. We just need to play aggressively to beat them...
There’s no need to shed tears over the closure of the independent Office of International Programs. After eight years of operating separately, the OIP and the Office of Career Services recently merged into the Office of Career, Research, and International Opportunities, to be headed by the interim director of OCS, Robin Mount. The move signifies a vote of confidence for the now self-evident merits of experiences abroad during a student’s college years. As such, the merger was an overall good decision that will hopefully continue to make the option of going abroad more...
However, students, staff, and faculty should still acknowledge that students’ desire to study abroad need not line up with their career interests or plans for the future. Students often go to OCS with a narrow conception of the results—the job—they want, and approaching international experiences with this fixed attitude would be a mistake. Much of the value of studying abroad is that it introduces students to new life perspectives and opportunities; viewing the time strictly as a step toward a particular profession may, in fact, detract from the experience...