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This is the second "My First Year" piece that I have endeavored to complete. A year ago at this time, as a 20 year-old rising junior, I composed an essay concerning the somewhat popular notion that when one comes to Harvard, he or she becomes a small fish in a big pond, as opposed to high school, when the situation was more akin to the individual existing as a big fish in a small pond...
...experience is not to waste your time on an activity you don't like. Chances are it's not about to improve. There are so many opportunities and not that much time so concentrate your energies on what you love. Another piece of advice is to stick with the small groups. They end to feel less like a corporation and more like a community...
...word of caution about Harvard's student groups: Everyone's a leader. Everyone wants to have a title and a say in the group's fate, so executive boards run huge. This means you will lock antlers with people over small decisions, but it also means you can simultaneously hold a spot on the board of three different organizations at once...
There were small triumphs...
...Slim and none," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "That call for bipartisanship was made in a partisan way, and on the big stuff like Social Security and Medicare, there?s just too much work to be done." But the incremental President may have a shot at some small gains. "He?ll probably win again on taxes," says Branegan. "The Republicans are in too much disarray, and the clamor for broad cuts is still a lot louder on the Hill than it is with voters." Gun control is another possibility -- though Clinton is just as happy if that...