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...Stupid. They're Stupid People at Harvard (SPAH), the group of first-years who organized at the beginning of the year. Granted, we've all felt a little bit dumb at some point during our academic careers. But a whole group of people willing to admit dumbness? Are they somehow stupider than we are? How about now, November--no doubt they've been bombarded by horrendous problem sets and expos drafts. How's their self-esteem doing now? We were curious...
Some members of SPAH were quick to point out that while their organization's T-shirts may read 'stupid,' their minds still work like steel traps. Mike Takamura '97 unashamedly admitted that he had "gotten A's on everything so far," a feat that struck us as not particularly stupid. Maybe he should resign. But despite his scholarly success, Takamura was quick to point out that he still feels stupid. "It won't ever change. It's the mindset we have...
None of the SPAH members polled had suffered any major breakdowns or taken any late-night trips to UHS as a result of stress. But Janice Tsai '97 found her first hourly in the infamous Chem 10 to be a "fairly traumatic" experience, so much so that she decided to switch into Chem 5 after she took it. Otherwise, she said, her courseload was not too overwhelming...
...whole, the members of SPAH seem to be trudging through their first years as well as any of their classmates. In the face of October-November's cruelty, Tsai summed up the entire group's attitude: "everything's started to pull...
What will SPAH do for an encore? There may be anew t-shirt in the works, and the members arethinking of sponsoring "good" movies at theScience Center. What's wrong with the movies thatare being shown...