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Susannah B. Tobin
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A Worthy Adversary
When I joined The Crimson’s editorial board seven years ago, one might have thought that Dean of the College Harry
A Long Winding Train
"I went to the College Jubilee on the 8th instant. A noble and well-thought of anniversary. The pathos of the
On a Scale of 1-5
As I was contemplating what to write for my final column, thinking back over the last four years of news
Nostalgia Indulged
A good way to procrastinate once you hit senior spring is to sit around with your friends and reminisce. Where
Stirred by the Air
T.S. Eliot '10 famously wrote, "April is the cruelest month...mixing memory and desire." Of course, when Eliot was a senior
Masochism Rewarded
If you see slightly dazed-looking seniors wandering down the street today and tomorrow clutching two black binders, congratulate them. Then
Learning a Little of Everything
Three and a half years ago when I first arrived at Harvard, the Core program didn't strike me as all
Time for Instant Replay
I ran into Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin in Bruegger's Bagels the other day. The man in charge
It's Not Too Late
If Tony Coehlo, campaign manager for Vice President Al Gore '69, were trying to map the mind of a typical
Notes from Underground
There are few sights more beautiful than Harvard Yard at night in the middle of a snowstorm. The red brick
The Courses Others May Take
Sometime this week, a large portion of the Harvard Class of 2004 will receive letters from the admissions office inviting
West Side Story, Untold
When I was in the ninth grade, I took a music history class especially designed for those of us who
Notes From Walden Puddle
Propped against the computer in my Lowell House room is a plastic figurine of a bald little man wearing sunglasses,
No Apologies
One of the best pieces of advice my father ever gave me came after Game 6 of the 1986 World
Wasting Time at the Kiosk
This has been a week for kiosks and basic morality, morality grand and misjudged and morality small but significant. First,
