"I came home and found other colleges got 40 days off more than us," Kibera said.
As usual, some grumbled about Harvard's archaic finals system.
"We should have exams before," says Lanken, a native of Pennsylvania. "The break chops [the semester] up. It's hard to get back and get started again."
Those now struggling to thaw their curdled noggins back into pre-holiday form should take heart and appreciate the time they did haye, after hearing Liu's holiday tale:
"I got a root canal," he said. "New Year's Day I woke up screaming...They didn't tell me they would give it to me."
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"I had a good vacation, though," he added cheerfully.