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...Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: This one time, when I was hooking up with this girl at BU... Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: It wasn’t a girl. Favorite childhood activity: Watching daytime soap operas. Sexiest physical trait: My eyes. Wink wink. Best part about Harvard: The daily reminders in Lamont that someone else’s life sucks more than my own right now. Worst part about Harvard: The blistering reality that their futures are much brighter than my own in six months. Describe yourself...
...three in four suffer from disordered eating. Other studies suggest, unsurprisingly, that the rates are even higher among college students. I’ll be honest. Disordered eating is not lethal. It is not recognized as an official psychiatric disorder. And it is highly correlated with perfectionism, the single trait that best characterizes Harvard students. But this doesn’t mean that suffering from this condition is inevitable or without consequence. It took me years to realize that even if something wasn’t fatal, it could still be a far cry from innocuous. The real cost...
...Journal of Consumer Research, commercial interruptions often enhance enjoyment of television, at least for younger viewers. How could that possibly be true? How can brain-shearing jingles, annoying announcers and awful acting possibly make you happier? According to the researchers, it all boils down to a behavioral trait called adaptation. Adaptation predicts that even positive experiences become less enjoyable over time. Prior studies have shown that the longer people live in an enjoyable place, consume their favorite ice cream or listen to their favorite song, the more the intensity of their happiness declines. One study concluded that even after people...
...seen in one-one-one situations with defenders,” Stamatis says. “He really turns his speed into production.”With his natural skills apparent to all, the only question is whether Fucito can stay on the field. But Stamatis notes one other trait that he feels will carry Fucito to professional success and help him to overcome any adversity he might face.“He is a very driven kid,” Stamatis says. “The surgery he had April was supposed to keep him out for five...
...ever told: Man, I would kill for some cereal right now. Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: Oh my God, look at all these babies I just saved. Fuck, that’s a lot of babies. Favorite childhood activity: Breeding pigeons Sexiest physical trait: When I do the terrorist fist bump thing, but instead of exploding out like a lot of people do I kind of implode a little, like suck my fist in, and I make this little sucking in noise, it’s really cool and pretty unique and popular. Best part...