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...every student who lied to an interviewerwas thrown out of Harvard, we'd be able to turnthe dormitories into squash courts," he said."People on their applications are encouraged tosay what they think will get them into Harvard...
...confirm Garcia's opinion. As Henrie walks through the Lowell dining hall, he greets students left and right, inquiring both about the progress of their theses and their personal lives. Henrie's allure is not merely on an academic level. "He builds tremendous loyalty by teaching people how play squash, which has a wonderful widespread effect on the house spirit," says Markel. When questioned on this, Henrie replies, "Squash is the only thing I do well physically, so I share it with people...
...Squash is only a drop in Henrie's conversational pool. He can, and is willing to, discuss anything from his favorite movies, The Third Man and Lion in Winter, to cryptocatholicism and his theory of "Lockean Glasses"--he believes John Locke is responsible for the way in which we see the world. Sam J. Rascoff '96 became a "devotee" of Henrie's when he was a freshman. "While a professor has instructed me in a set of discreet material," Rascoff says, "Mark has shaped my taste in the higher sense...
...noble bust of Dante, the room of Jay Phelan, Pforzheimer House resident tutor in biology and head TF for Sex, is adorned with a "radical" surfboard. Questioned about it, Phelan says, "Maybe students who are less intense can identify with me." While Henrie is busy on the squash court, Phelan is organizing kayaking and skiing trips with his wife Lisa, whom he deems "the cooler tutor." Dave C. Doodnauth attributes Phelan's charisma to the fact that "he has that West Cost flavor...
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