Word: silliman
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While assignment to one of the 12 Colleges is entirely random, each retains a vibrant and unique character of its own. Timothy Dwight College revels in its strong intermural tradition with huge participation rates, and Silliman students take pride in the caliber of Tea guests their Master attracts. The Colleges truly are intimate communities within the large University. Perhaps by following Yale's example, Harvard can even revitalize its own flagging House system. MATTHEW G. ALEXANDER New Haven, Conn., Oct. 29, 1998 The writer is a sophomore in Yale's Silliman College...
...system makes it easier for students from different residential colleges to access and share college-specific facilities (i.e. Piersonites are not the only ones who use the Pierson library; Silliman's large TV room is popular not only for Sillimanders) and to see friends in other colleges," a friend at Yale tells me in an e-mail. "Life is definitely better under the universal access system...
Duritz describes his visit to Yale University last year as one of the best experiences he has ever had because it offered him a unique opportunity to talk intimately with fans. He was invited to a Master's Tea last November at Yale's Silliman College, the night before Counting Crows performed in New Haven. "It's the only place that's ever asked me to do something like this," he says, indicating that he would love to do it again if offered the opportunity...
...other major American denomination that officially assigns two congregation members in good standing, as Mormonism does, to visit every household in their flock monthly. Perhaps in consequence, no other denomination can so consistently parade the social virtues most Americans have come around to saying they admire. The Rev. Jeffrey Silliman, of the same Presbyterian group that made the heresy charge, admits that Mormons "have a high moral standard on chastity, fidelity, honesty and hard work, and that's appealing...
There's Susan Cella's divine Sarah, queen of food cravings and karate skills, and Maureen Silliman's cutely whimsical Jenny, naively experimenting with marijuana...