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...college is a time of new and transient loyalties. For those of us who aren’t Harvard legacies, our allegiance to Harvard—an allegiance that the development office will bank on for the rest of our lives—has no stronger foundation than the whim of an admissions officer and perhaps the good time we had pre-frosh weekend. Post-randomization, our allegiance to our Houses is even less deeply rooted...
...Harvard’s various student groups. I recounted to Illingworth the problems that student groups have finding practice and meeting space—being kicked out of junior common rooms for attempting to stay longer than two hours, having room reservations revoked by House offices at their whim, being reduced sometimes to literally wandering the streets of Cambridge looking for somewhere to meet. Each House has a different policy toward student organizations; some allow only their own students to reserve common rooms, and some impose strict time limits or caveats on their “tenants...
...just came in here on a whim, thinking I could get something for free,” said Jianhua Andy Tau ’07. “I wasn’t planning on studying abroad, but I passed through there and it became more and more appealing...
...Ferus ’07 arrived on campus knowing that all of his roommates, himself included, were musicians. On the first Saturday of the term, once he and his fellow occupants of Grays Middle 54 had settled in, Ferus decided to rally his roommates for a performance. On a whim he left a message on all the doors in his entryway announcing a recital to take place...
...around your TV? The $1,800 set, due next spring, leaves peripheral devices, such as a DVD player, cable box or satellite hookup, connected to the SmartLink transmitter, far left, keeping the 15-in. television free of unsightly wires and letting you carry it around the house on a whim. The remote can command all your devices, so there's no need to race between rooms--or bribe a loved one--to go pause a movie...