Word: upperclassman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although some of you will make significant contributions this year, it is rare for a freshman to make an immediate impact on the playing field; generally, the first year is spent learning a new offensive system and backing up a more experienced upperclassman...
Koernke did manage to attract a few friends. One of these was Ramon Martinez, then an upperclassman and now with the U.S. Customs Service in Washington. "The majority opinion was that he was nuts to have around," Martinez says now. "But I saw it differently. I saw a guy with his own way of doing things." Martinez enjoyed Koernke's intellect, his ability to talk at length about history or classical music. He also discerned character and bravery. Once, when the two witnessed what they feared would become a brutal hazing, Martinez watched Koernke prepare to wade in on behalf...
Faulkner, 19, will not be getting a crew cut on Monday. Nor will she be forced to walk in gutters instead of on sidewalks. She will not be assuming the distorted "brace" position to accept any abuse an upperclassman cares to dish out. Or doing push-ups until she vomits. She will not be submitting to -- or struggling against -- any of the everyday humiliations imposed during the freshman year at the Citadel, the all-male military college that is Charleston's pride, because, as of Friday, a federal appeals court...
...college freshman, and Jessica knows she has just scored a touchdown. I am nearly as fortunate. Like Jessica and the rest of the 20 new Franklin & Marshall students on my hall, I am attending a getting-to-know-you session called by my resident adviser -- a lanky upperclassman named Dan -- to introduce myself and make an attention- grabbing statement. I think I have a winner: I am 39 years old and I am going through freshman orientation on assignment for TIME. I needn't have wasted my breath. One look at my adult face and khaki shorts -- so dull compared...