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Like many other American liberal arts colleges, Harvard encourages students to dabble until they can select what makes them most passionate. Yet, as many members of the Class of 2009 must by now realize, the merits of Harvard’s freshman year are equaled by its defects; from the academic to the social sphere, freshman year cheats first-year students of the full range of possibilities available to them and makes adjusting to Harvard a more difficult experience than it need be.Freshman year is introductory by its very nature, and, like all classes before it, the current freshman class...
...spirit of continuous improvement, we’re always looking for ways to enhance the way we evaluate and select candidates for admission,” Dewey wrote. “At the end of the day, what’s important to us is to get a clear and accurate picture of each individual...
...group in this genre to take covers of classic 8-bit theme songs past the LAN-party circuit. Featuring drummer Spencer Seim from post-hardcore savants Hella, the group legitimizes the project in part with their impressive underground cred. The songs on the album range from spazzed-out level select ditties to "Kraid's Lair," a haunting boss theme from the classic NES game "Metroid." Regardless of origin, all the tracks burst out of the tightly-wound rock quartet with a depth only hinted at in their previous, synthesized iterations. The concept, while undoubtedly gimmicky, is far from innovative; suburban...
...wedding boom, though, has brought some social strains. Because good weather and good astrology coincide so rarely, millions of weddings are held on a few select nights during the cool winter season. In Delhi, that means up to 15,000 weddings a night, causing dusk-to-dawn gridlock for 14 million residents, as hundreds of thousands of guests cross town, park on the sidewalks and later weave unsteadily back home. To rein in the fun, local police have begun raiding unlicensed wedding parties and impounding gifts as evidence. In anticipation of the estimated 30,000 weddings scheduled in the city...
...earning the recognition the aria enjoys; a ditty addressed to gentle breezes is easily overshadowed by Mimi’s consumptive farewell. Yet, as the Society demonstrated, this neglect makes for an even more refreshing and exhilarating program when it is featured. With sweeping satin dresses and glittering jewels, select members of RCS displayed a refinement of tone and maturity of timing in this small showcase, a performance matched only by their sound as an ensemble. After the sweet, yet eerie, intervals of Debussy’s “Beau Soir” (“Beautiful Night?...