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...take a night off from the party scene earlier this fall, Spiro, who is also a Crimson magazine editor, found that the party scene wasn’t going to let her off the hook. Comfortably snuggled in her PJs, Spiro was surprised to discover a large, wasted stranger stumbling through her room. After numerous exchanges (name calling on the rando’s part and “please get out of my room” from Spiro), she finally convinced him to leave only by agreeing to escort him back to the Belltower, still sporting her pyjamas...
...This is not always the happiest of arrangements. As darkness falls and each Harvard student tromps back to his or her bed, desk and chair, the last thing many of us want is the sound of a near-total stranger taking up space. No matter the room number, from the River to the Quad, everyone seems to share a wall with the most absurd of characters. They scream at inhumanly high pitches, they cackle and guffaw, they blast ’90s pop into the wee hours (especially during Reading Period). Some of us respond in kind?...
...long as that voice’s owner is just another stranger, judging mercilessly might seem like fair game. But before jumping to conclusions about the unedited dialogue going on next door, consider the individual standing just a few feet away. Instead of latching on to moments of vulnerability—the ones where she sounds stupid or desperate or embarrassed—realize that the urge to tear her down comes from our own insecurities. Ultimately, no matter whose side of the fire door you’re on, we’re all just people—with...
That's why a one-nighter with the stranger on holiday is a lot sexier than any tryst you'd have back home. Call it the thrill of the new or the out-of-towner glow, but whatever the explanation, a simple change in scenery can snap people out of their crackling dry spell and morph them into human catnip...
Reinvent Yourself. It's freeing to be a stranger in a strange land. It's like getting a do-over; you can step outside yourself and be whomever you want. For one night in Paris, you're not a corporate lawyer - you're a concert pianist turned milliner. Pick says, "It reduces the stuff that might be important back in your real world, like your socioeconomic status. You're more likely meet people you wouldn't normally talk to." The only baggage you bring is the kind that's holding your clothes...