Overheard in the Hark
Presenting real quotations and other absurdities from the halls of Harvard Law School.
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Grow Up, Use Wikipedia
2/6/10 10:47 PM
Overheard in class:
Student: "Professor, I'm afraid I don't really understand the reading. Maybe we don't have sufficient context?"
Another student, interrupting professor: "Use Wikipedia."
First student: "Excuse me?"
Second student: "Use Wikipedia. It's time to grow up and provide your own context."
The Reichstag it aint...
1/28/10 10:13 AM
The Northwest Corner Project has become an off-brand version of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's worst nightmare.
On India's Bloodthirsty Revolutionary Leader...
12/20/09 4:06 PM
Tourists, overheard in Harvard Square:
"And this is the famous Harvard University. Gandhi went here, you know. Except, he didn't set foot on this part of campus. He was at the business school, you know."
[Gandhi never set foot at Harvard at all, as far as we know. He studied law, not business, in London.]
Finalstide Feeding Frenzy
12/20/09 4:04 PM
Overheard/seen in the library during finals:
Boy: "So, what are you doing for dinner?"
Girl: [displays sandwich in ziplock bag]
Boy: "Wise choice."
Is this place turning into Arizona State?
12/1/09 1:28 PM
Overheard in class, on what must have been opposite day at Harvard Law:
"Hey man, you want to get together and study tonight?"
"No way, I've got Monday Night Football."
