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...tears: all serve as testimonies to the raw passion that fuels many IM participants, those desperately grappling for that 100 points that will edge out an opposing dorm and clench the Yard Bucket or Straus Cup. This fearless dedication to the game is a major motivating force for Laurence Tai ’06. However, his sport of choice is not played on a court or a field. Rather, Tai’s is consumed with his position of “head IM rep” for Wigglesworth...
...Tai approaches IM representation the way he approaches academics. “I’m very grade-driven. I’m the kind of person that goes for the perfect score on the problem set, even though it may not be necessary. I apply this same principle to being an IM rep,” he says...
After Wigglesworth had a slow start in the fall intramural season, Tai assumed the duties of head IM representative, aiming to streamline communication and overcome the “architectural challenges” of Wigg’s isolated entryways. He’s succeeded in pulling Wigglesworth from intramural doldrums to second spot, “a position we’ve held for months now,” Tai proudly declares. The cornerstone of his job lies in the meticulously detailed intramural updates that Tai regularly e-mails to all Wigglesworth residents. “It?...
...Yard-wide pool tournament, Tai e-mailed Wigg residents a statistical analysis of the number of entrants per dorm, his calculated multiplication bonus per entrant for each dorm and the resulting “effective number” of entrants. “You need to have some sense of the numbers—the implications of some dorms’ [size] advantages over others. It’s important to realize the importance of multiplication bonuses,” he says. He is quick to emphasize, however, that “quality, not quantity?...
...recommends Sebastien's at 12 Greenwood Avenue, tel: (65) 6465 1980, for its down-home fare. The succulent duck confit is one of the bistro's most popular dishes, as is a steaming pot of juicy mussels. The atmosphere is laid-back; expats and tai tais alike can order wholesale-priced wines straight from the rack. Just as popular is Restaurant Ember at 500 Keong Saik Road, an eager-to-please newcomer in Chinatown that is both affordable and satisfying. Its cream of mushroom soup is topped with a white froth of truffle oil, and the shelled escargots are slathered...