Word: undergradate
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...used to the sentiment. In 1980, still a Yale undergrad, he won a seat on the New Haven, Conn., board of aldermen and quickly took on two sacred cows: black organizations using city money to develop minority-owned firms. Williams thought they were spending the money inefficiently, and he sponsored a bill to cut them loose. Later, as an official with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Williams worked to bring developers into struggling neighborhoods--neighborhoods sometimes suspicious of a bean counter wearing a bow tie. (Williams adopted the bow tie because he liked the look of a couple of Nation...
These informal bargaining arenas allow seniors to advertise items for sale, in many cases objects that might seem bulky and useless outside of the college environment--like a futon or halogen lamp. Prospective undergrad buyers inspect the goods and sometimes try to haggle over price...
...such complaint came via e-mail from first-year HLS student T. Dela Avle, who said that he "literally had to share a couch with an undergrad" Wednesday...
...Brown undergrad Dartboard knows commented that Harvard men seem to wear the shirt more than women. We wrote off the comment, assuming it was because guys don't do their laundry as often. But it isn't. It's about fit. Those of us who are 5'1" and female find that the shirt hangs somewhere near the kneecaps. It makes a great nightshirt. Much like the shirt, the Harvard education is about adapting the less than ideal for our own purposes. So as you ponder the future of Radcliffe, remember she provides the shirt that helps you better understand...
Spurred by the fiasco, I thought I'd check on the authors of the two other tomes that came my way in a bullish burst two years ago. Seto is now a third-year undergrad, majoring in economics at the University of Michigan. His father tells me he is doing wonderfully, running the Matt Seto Fund. I could not reach the younger Seto. He's traveling overseas, but if he's still cranking out the 34% his book cover promises, he's the one who should be publishing more books. Still, it is unrealistic for most people to expect these...