Catherine L. Tung

Conversation Pieces

By Catherine L. Tung January 12, 2004

I make New Year’s resolutions. Perhaps my adherence to this old, optimistic custom sounds quaint; my cynical side, however, may

By Catherine L. Tung December 08, 2003

My blockmate shook his head. “I wrote my college essays,” he said, remembering, “And then I went back and read

By Catherine L. Tung November 24, 2003

In a moment of Thursday-night-lull weakness (not to mention moral weakness, according to the RIAA), I downloaded Clerks last week.

By Catherine L. Tung November 10, 2003

Ah, clothing: that old standby of social catagorization. When all else fails, when we are thrust into a room (or

By Catherine L. Tung October 27, 2003

I’ve tried three times in my life to learn poker. Harvard is not the kind of place where poker thrives—as

By Catherine L. Tung October 14, 2003

My father is a Presbyterian minister. I haven’t been to church in four years, initially because I found the practice

By Catherine L. Tung September 29, 2003

The beginning of each academic year puts each of us in settings that are, to some degree or another, unfamiliar.