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...excess energy so let’s get them out onto the fields.”But he also notes that the school was diverse, and it was possible, if unusual, to break through the traditional macho-man mentality, and participate in other, less traditional, masculine pastimes??like the arts. Sumorwuo K. Zaza ’11, who attended the all-boys Delbarton School in N.J., recalls a similar stigma surrounding his high school experience. According to Zaza, the stereotypes “come with the territory. It’s so much athletics and manliness. There...

Author: By Samantha F. Drago, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: When Boy Meets Girl | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...Beatles (#3 and #5, respectively), and, of course, Beethoven (Yale’s #7; not on Harvard’s list). He engages in his favorite activities—reading, politics, and music, in that order—as well as some other treasured pastimes??perhaps a little cooking (#7), history (#9) or philosophy (#8). Clearly, he is in no way a pretentious asshole. And just to drive this point home, he pops in his favorite DVD, “Amelie.” (Yale’s #1, Harvard’s #6). He flips listlessly through...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Real Difference | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

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