The College Pump
We Were Students Once...
Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer
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Memorable Mentors
Richard Lewontin, Richard Zeckhauser, diplomatic security, diverse inclusion, and admissions agita lampooned
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Origin Stories
Bow and Arrow’s mechanic, James Agee’s creative turbulence
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Sidney Verba, and a Classy Class Reporter
Harvard’s mensch, and a record-setting recorder of Crimson lives
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Wisdom of the Sages
Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
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Dues to the Past
Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house
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Crimson’s Mr. Green
The campus’s Mr. Green, accessing acronyms, mathematician at work, and a distracted astronomer
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Likenesses
A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage
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Crystal Balls
Prognostications on disease defense, China, deficits, and sweat
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The Coronavirus Spring
Campus and Commencement without people, social distance, Dr. Fauci, and a meaningful password
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Boats and Coats
Houseboating in Boston Harbor, Apthorp North, and clothing counts
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