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...friends were skeptical of the pledge from the less-than-intimidating 5-foot-7 Queens, N.Y., native. “Eric emulates John Wayne’s heartfelt patriotism, but the resemblance ends there,” Alyssa T. Saunders ’04 writes in an e-mail. Trager first met Saunders when she was tabling for women’s groups at a Hillel when he cockily asked her, “So where’s the chauvinists’ club...
...Trager admits that this line wasn’t the best way to sell his conservatism—especially when the target of his affection had a soft-spot for feminist causes...
...been more strategic in carving out niches for himself at Harvard. (Note: sex symbol isn’t one of them.) He’s been vice president of both Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) and Hillel. And as erstwhile Republican Club gadfly, Trager has lost an impressive five straight elections...
...contrast, from sixth grade through twelfth, Trager never lost a student government race, and by senior year he was—his principal told him—the only Republican president of a New York City public high school...
...York, there weren’t many Republicans, so I was the Republican,” Trager says. At Harvard, Trager felt pro-Israel voices were not being heard. “So I decided to advocate for that,” he says...