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...have learned at Harvard, I have learned from Salada teabags. Salada, if you’re not familiar with it, is the off-brand orange pekoe tea HUDS buys; each teabag comes with a delightfully punny or inspirational aphorism. After each meal in the dining hall, I would pick out a teabag and ponder the message on its label. The tea itself isn’t particularly good, but taste is a small price to pay for spiritual clarity.Take this gem, for example: “I’ve never looked through a keyhole without seeing someone looking back...
...League, but we certainly turned a winning mentality from the previous year to the next.”Leone threw his highly-touted freshman class into the mix early and wasn’t disappointed. Rookies ignited what had been a stagnant offensive attack, with First Team All-Ivy pick Katherine Sheeleigh and Second Team choice Gina Wideroff leading the team in scoring with eight and five goals, respectively. “Every time we were working hard, we were working for each other, and that’s something we tried to show the freshmen early...
...another transplant from Yankees country. “But it became really annoying once I got to Harvard.” As Kumar notes, the “pseudo-Red Sox fans”—the ones who abandon their hometown teams or pick up a Sox-habit only after freshman move-in—are the real problem for the Crimson Yankees fan.Two weeks later, the Curse of the Bambino ended. The fifth floor of Weld Hall again provided an excellent view of the festivities as the Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years...
...where will the wedding be held? “It’s going to be on that same mountain,” Godina said with pride. Careful coordination kept this couple together through college. “I got into Harvard early, and then Eric happened to pick a Boston school,” Godina said, drenching the word “happened” with sarcasm. “The official story was it was separate, but me being in Boston was definitely an influence” on his college decision, she said. Subsequently, they have synched...
Nearly four out of five seniors would still choose Harvard for college if they could pick again, with 85 percent saying they were satisfied with their overall college experiences...