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...Gilman’s original intention was to describe the grandiose nature of Commencement day, a jubilee towards which many a nervous student and proud parent throng. Any surveyor of the Yard on commencement day would clearly realize that “throng” is a much more appropriate verb to describe the great masses crowding in for the historic ceremony. “Join” is a word more appropriate for the purchase of an online dating membership. When I graduate, I don’t want to merely “join” my classmates...
...could tell she cared enough about undergraduates to know a few things,” Stine said. “I thought she did a great job considering she must have been nervous, given that it was her first commencement. So flying colors...
...could tell she cared enough about undergraduates to know a few things,” Stine said. “I thought she did a great job considering she must have been nervous, given that it was her first commencement. So flying colors, I’d say.” —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Nathan C. Strauss can be reached at strauss@fas. harvard.edu...
...with that mountain just yet. Last June, Hansford asked Godina to join him for an early-morning trip to Flagstaff. “It was not like Eric to get up at 5 a.m. and drive up there, so I knew something was up, and I was a bit nervous,” Godina said. Sure enough, when they arrived to see the sunrise, he popped the question. Though nervous, Godina felt obliged to give an immediate answer. “When he first asked me out, I said, ‘Maybe.’ So he warned...
...good shape, everybody will run forever,” Fish said. “There are certain points where you’re climbing a mountain, and you have to jump over a crevasse, and it’s dangerous and you’re nervous.” For Clayton and crew to fulfill their promise, jumping that crevasse will have to become par for the course. —Staff writer Jonathan B. Steinman can be reached at steinman@fas.harvard.edu...