Incoming Yale student Heather Larson was surprised by her university's weeklong Freshman Outdoor Orientation Trip in the Berkshire mountains. Leaders confiscated her leg razor, criticized her for combing her hair daily, and discouraged the use of soap. "If we all smell bad, we won't notice each other," one said. Out of respect for the environment, the freshman hikers were warned not to spit out toothpaste or throw apple cores into the woods. After the group ate some corn donated by a nearby farmer, a crisis developed over whether the cobs should be packed up and brought back to Yale. When asked about this, the farmer "looked at us as if we were crazy and told us simply, 'throw 'em back in the field.' "

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