Goodbye, Harvard: DFW on Communities and Thinghood
Good old Winthrop I'm graduating tomorrow, which means an early morning wake-up call by Dixieland band as per Winthrop House tradition (I happened to be woken up by the band last year around this time, and managed to hear a few strains of "Indiana"). I haven't too much to say here since graduation's been a long time coming now. In fact, I wrote a brief sum-up piece for The Crimson a few weeks ago as part of the magazine's traditional end-of-the-year "Just the Tip," which features advice from graduating seniors. Eschew any and all exit strategies. Don’t overuse exclamation points. Master the art of trolling. Be situated so self-transformation is imminent. And always respond to emails immediately. -Kevin Sun ’14 I recently finished reading Signifying Rappers (1990), an interesting collaboration between then-roommates David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello. It's essentially a collection of back-and-forth riffs on various topics in and a