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...months before entering Harvard, I received a thick packet which contained lengthy pamphlets detailing Harvard's history, the Core curriculum, the Quantitative Reasoning Requirement, the Expository Writing program, the House system, the schedule for freshman week, and countless other tidbits too rich to be digested immediately. Buried amid this minutiae, however, was a summer reading list of just two works, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and The Education of Henry Adams...

Author: By Gary D. Rowe, | Title: The Education of Henry Adams, 1988 | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...night Frog was teaching the tricks of his trade to a couple of eager apprentices, ages 10 and 11. Just as he was selling a $20 packet of crack to a customer, a squad car pulled up. With 15 rocks on his person, Frog was promptly busted. He was also thrilled. "The cop made me put my hands behind my head," he boasts, "and pulled me by my thumbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids Who Sell Crack | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

Originally, I was surprised that the Boston Church of Christ--infamous for its aggressive and manipulative brand of proselytizing--was still actively searching for converts on campus. Along with every other undergraduate at Harvard, I had received, in my bulging registration packet, a United Ministries pamphlet warning of the dangers of "destructive" religious groups. And my proctor made a special point of discussing the methods used by the Boston Church of Christ at one of those endless study breaks every freshman endures...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Proselytizing the Lonely | 4/20/1988 | See Source »

...hockey reporter from the Princeton (N.J.) Packet drinks three Cokes and two cups of coffee before making his way down to interview Princeton Coach Jim Higgins...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Wit and Wisdom | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

...members of the Freshman class must pick up the forms between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Housing Officer Lisa M. Colvin said. The packet includes an explanatory letter by Assistant Dean Thomas A. Dingman, a rooming group form, a rooming block form and a questionaire asking for information to be used by the houses...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: Freshmen Begin Shortened Lottery, Must Pick Up Housing Forms Today | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

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