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Harvard Model Congress's tomato-basil pizza from Noch's beat out the Three Muskateers and Snickers that crowded other tables. Sadly, this FlyBy correspondent managed to overhear some disgruntled prefrosh complain about the food, with one saying, “God. I’m going to die if I have to eat this ever in my life." Apparently, she had yet to try Annenberg food...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Visitas: The 'Bests' of the Activities Fair | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

...excited. The group picked up their monogrammed L.L. Bean backpacks and headed towards Winthrop, Carmichaels scurrying along after them. As I settled into a carrel a few floors above the café, ready to study for an important midterm of my own, I couldn’t help but overhear Carmichaels’ raucous roommate, Ken G. Singer ’12, whispering just a bit too loudly. “He loves using StickyNotes on his Mac,” I heard Singer say to a study-buddy in a hushed tone, “once, I was looking...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bystander: Climbing the Housing Ladder | 3/18/2009 | See Source »

...From this perspective, the messages left on the wall in the basement of Lowell House are indicative of a larger, unseen level of discrimination in society. The ignorant quips that we overhear on the street, the judgmental glances of passing strangers, the unconscious but offensive actions of others—these all remind us that none of us is immune from hatred. They reflect the intolerance that permeates our community. These experiences are our own messages on the wall...

Author: By Tzu-ying Chuang, Manning Ding, Weijie Huang, Edward Y. Lee, Sean A. Li, Daniel C. Suo, and Joyce Y. Zhang | Title: The Writing on the Wall | 3/16/2009 | See Source »

...Charles, it was a shock to me that my Korean midterm (that seemed so far off in September) was on Monday at 9 a.m. As I rushed by the John Harvard statue, trying to make it to my test by seven-past, I couldn’t help but overhear admissions tour guide Erica V. Eastspring ’11 explaining to a crowd of feisty, prep-school seniors why she love, loves Harvard so, so much. “To be quite frank,” she shouted, striking up an inappropriately academic tone for the setting at hand...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Beauty of Bilingual English | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...While my roommates and I are quick to offer commentary on the conversations we overhear, none of us have bothered to walk down the stairs, climb up the next flight over and strike up some neighborly conversation face-to-face. It just isn’t done. Maybe most people decide that the source of all that ruckus couldn’t possibly be worth knowing, and don’t bother to find out. But I think there’s another explanation...

Author: By Molly M. Strauss | Title: Behind Closed Doors | 10/14/2008 | See Source »

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