Word: paper
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Writing a paper is total effort; it does not just consist of the thought process and actual writing, but also of the labor and exercise involved in overcoming the system of Xeroxing the necessary books. We surmount broken photocopiers, many stairs, long lines, torn money, mean machines and $10 bills to write our opus...
Faced with a non-circulating book, two possibilities face the diligent student. If she did not save her research until an hour before the library closes on an evening perilously close to the due date for the paper in question, she has ample time to settle down in the reading room and take careful notes. But if she is less prepared and the library is shutting down in a half an hour, she must face the dreaded Xerox...
This doesn't sound like so formidable a task, but photocopying is in fact one of the more time consuming and challenging steps of writing a research paper...
Stairs are almost always involved, and with a stack of books clenched in place under her chin, the mission commences. A fair number of machines are occasionally out of paper or ink or both, or in use by a fellow student who appears to be copying most of the books in the library. But if, after climbing (if she's lucky) two flights of stairs a free and working copy machine is located, she can move...
...past three years, I have come to expect misquoting by The Crimson as a fact of life. Usually, I just chuckle as I read things in the paper which I didn't say. However, yesterday morning, my "quote" was not only plainly wrong, but it was deeply offensive. That was the last time I ever agree to a Crimson interview. I learned my lesson the hard way. Something must be done to avoid this sort of thing in the future. --Robin S. Goldstein...