Word: yaleness
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...inane chants Yale students hurled across Harvard Stadium at The Game, “school on Monday” might have hurt the most. While Yale, along with virtually every other college in America, allows an entire week off for Thanksgiving, Harvard students are required to be in class even on the day before this quintessential American holiday. Yale has it right for once—students deserve a legitimate Thanksgiving break and time with their families...
...because I saw Harvard Stadium full for the first time, and not because all my friends actually joined me in the ritualistic trek over the bridge to Allston. And not because being stuck in such close vicinity with so many kids from Yale made it abundantly clear why I came to Harvard...
You’ll have to understand that my experience with Harvard-Yale football before this year consisted entirely of the 2005 contest. I’m sure you remember—the unimaginable, eye-popping, this-is-the-greatest-rivalry-in-sports edition of The Game, when the Crimson beat the Bulldogs 30-24 at the Yale Bowl. It actually, for a few hours, made New Haven a decent place...
That was all I really knew about Harvard-Yale outside of the stories of perfect endings to undefeated seasons, 29-29 ‘wins,’ and strangled bulldogs by Harvard coaches...
...realize that as fun as the experience is if your school wins, as euphoric the feeling is when you stick it to Yale, it’s the antithesis than runs through your veins when the Crimson loses...