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...Harvard will drain the stress out of anyone. Day and night jaunts to Olmstead's stunning Arnold Arboretum, 265 acres of landscaped beauty with a sweeping view of Boston; a hike through the nine parks of the renowned Emerald Necklace; and a "Waterways Boston Tour" through Jamaica Pond, the Back Bay Fens and downtown secret garden. Perhaps the most notorious, the Freedom Trail leads through Boston's bastions of revolutionary fervor and architectural masterpieces-it's a history lesson in and of itself (Boston Park Rangers, 1010 Mass. Ave.; 635-7383; tours leave from various sites in the city...
...more hair-raising adventures, take advantage of outdoor rock climbing at the Hammond Pond Reservation (Hammond Pond Pkwy., Newton; T: Chesnut Hill). With its awesome geology, including the famed puddingstone, Hammond Pond offers everything from beginner climbs to the toughest "Breakfast of Champions." Though the beginning of the climb might let you forget that you are in an urban metropolis, the views of Bloomie's and the Chesnut Hill Cinema at the top will...
...says he's felt like a "small fish in a big pond" at Harvard--especially because he's spent the first week of his undergraduate life adjusting to life in Hurlbut Hall...
Though sports-equipment companies are high profile, they have been erratic performers as businesses. They were often small parts of large outfits, and changed owners frequently. Prince, another company started by Howard Head, was sold to consumer products maker Chesebrough Pond's in the '80s. It is now owned by the Italian apparel company Benetton, which is building a sports division. Wilson, once owned by PepsiCo and then Wesray Capital, is now part of a Finnish conglomerate called Amer Group...
Some seniors who are not my blockmates have used their time to grow as individuals, just as Thoreau did by skipping pebbles at Walden Pond. A few go rockclimbing and one just learned how to play Mah Jong, but for many, all this free time hasn't exactly produced a transcendental effect: that is, seniors thinking, reflecting and growing as people...