{"id":4281,"date":"2005-12-17T18:56:22","date_gmt":"2005-12-17T22:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/12\/17\/theyre-baaack-bittersweet-col"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:18","slug":"theyre-baaack-bittersweet-collegiate-homecomings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/12\/17\/theyre-baaack-bittersweet-collegiate-homecomings\/","title":{"rendered":"they’re baaack! bittersweet collegiate homecomings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The New York Times<\/em> Headlines email letter came this morning<\/span><\/div>\n
with the following Quotation of the Day: <\/span><\/div>\n
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“It’s always nice when they come home. And it’s always nice when they leave.” <\/em><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n– PATRICIA GOSS,\u00a0 on having children home from <\/span><\/div>\n


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college for the holidays.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
(see the accompanying article: “Home for Holidays, Rocking the Nest<\/a>,” by <\/span><\/div>\n
Vincent M. Mallozzi, Dec. 17, 2005).\u00a0 It’s a topic that has been addressed <\/span><\/div>\n
by a few of f\/k\/a’s Honored Guest Poets:<\/span><\/div>\n
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\"candyCaneGVF\"<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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first night home from college<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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click of the latch<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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on her bedroom door<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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<\/span>Carolyn Hall<\/span><\/a> – A New Resonance 2<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n


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his room empty now …
\nin the distance, points of the light
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boy shooting baskets–<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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deep snow piled<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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all around him<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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\"candyCaneGV\"<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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home from a date\u2014
\nmy roommate’s underwear
\nnow inside out<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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<\/span>lee gurga<\/span><\/a> <\/span>from <\/span><\/span><\/span>Fresh Scent<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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our two loudest <\/span><\/div>\n
on vacation <\/span><\/div>\n
in the same week<\/span><\/div>\n
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last sandwich<\/span><\/div>\n
from the loaf<\/span><\/div>\n
the two ends<\/span><\/div>\n
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Tom Clausen<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – <\/span>Upstate Dim Sum<\/span><\/em><\/a> (<\/span>2005\/II<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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3 P.M.
\nmom’s shoveling wakes
\nthe\u00a0cranky collegian<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span>dagosan<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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update<\/strong><\/em>: See Paul David Mena’s treatment<\/div>\n
of this theme here<\/a> (Dec. 19, 2005).<\/div>\n
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potluck<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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\"NoSantaGS\" I’m sure the RiskProf<\/a> <\/em>is more than happy to send his <\/span>students <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
back <\/span><\/span>to their parents over the Holiday Break. <\/span>But don’t go thinking he’s <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
only having fun.\u00a0 For example, <\/span><\/span>see his response to little Virginia Hazard’s <\/span><\/div>\n
question on the existence of Adverse Selection<\/span><\/a>.”\u00a0\u00a0 He’s brutally frank, <\/span><\/div>\n
making analogies to Santa Claus.\u00a0\u00a0 Now I’m wondering what he’s going <\/span><\/div>\n
to say when Virginia’s brother Moral Hazard writes in wondering whether <\/span><\/div>\n
Cherry Picking<\/span><\/a> really happens in the insurance industry.\u00a0 Stay tuned. <\/span><\/div>\n
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