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A group of 30 or so incoming freshmen who spend the month of July in Williamstown, taking intro courses to Poli-Sci, Comparative Literature, Psychology, and Philosophy. The freshman freshmen are chosen through a complicated lottery system. The professors for the summer of 2005 included director and Prof. Gail Newman, Prof. Steve Fein, Prof. Steve Gerrard, and the recently added Poli-Sci professor- , Prof. Sam Crane. The professors automatically become the freshmenstudents's advisor advisors once they arrive on campus in September.
The freshman students get the lucky chance to live on in posh upperclassmen upperclass housing (Wood House!) and spend the [[http://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/Summer_in_Williamstown Summer summer in Williamstown]]. Trips to Tanglewood, the Steeplecats, and Six Flags are usually big hits.
Also, it should be noted that the SHSS alums are ridiculously good looking. Most especially [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09cjv Cat Vielma '09] and [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09cmr Celia Rodriguez '09]. There are also some New Y-ah-rkers as well. [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nlw Nai Wilds '09] and [http://wso.williams.edu/facebook/view?unix=09nm Naya Martin '09] are among the most notorious.
The rivalry between the SHSS and SSP alums is overrated, yet at the same time, a marvelous way to get into the age old battle of: "Are you a science nerd? Or a literature nerd?"