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...Japanese at Harvard, we learned that there is technically no word for privacy in Japanese; when the Japanese need to use the word “privacy”, they use the English derivative “pu-rai-ba-shi.” Until the twentieth century, there wasn??t even a word for the concept. From small Japanese towns to Tokyo highrises, everyone knows their neighbors’ business, because the walls are made of a very thin—but equally delicious—rice paper.Like Japan, Harvard is not known for its privacy. This...
...previous month with Anke, a 30-something filmmaker who seemed to have decided that her latest creative project was to make my life miserable. After the first few days I began to wonder if she had my demise storyboarded somewhere in the secret parts of the apartment that I wasn??t allowed to enter. Even our conversations sounded like dramatic movie fights. Once she took me into the kitchen to scold me about something and I politely excused myself in German to buzz in a friend who had come to recover the cell phone he had lent...
...21st, just a centimeter away from finishing in the top 20. For the men, freshman Dan Chenoweth’s 14:31.59 finish in the 5000-meter run earned him 14th and sophomore Justin Grinstead’s 55.06 time in the 400-meter hurdles preliminaries wasn??t enough to claim a spot in the finals race. —Staff writer Dixon McPhillips can be reached at fmcphill@fas.harvard.edu...
...would give it a shot.One scary semester later, I was a “staff writer” for one of the country’s most prestigious college newspapers, writing about tennis and lacrosse and other sports I’d never played or watched before.But it wasn??t really until this year—my senior year—that I got the chance to fully appreciate the opportunity presented to me. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a basketball fan. Specifically, I am a Lakers fan?...
...them down.” Tiong and Mashruwala were awarded CSA All-American status, with Tiong finishing the year ranked fifth and Mashruwala seventh. Tiong was also voted Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Despite the strong start, the early victories came against mostly second-tier opponents, and it wasn??t until February and March that the true tests began to roll in with matches against the nation’s top teams. Although Balsekar returned to boost the lineup in the new year, the team was unable to match its early season success. During the first...