Proctor Scoped! Ten Years in the Yard, and Counting

Noah S. Selsby ’95 may have graduated from Harvard in 1995, but he didn’t leave. Instead, he moved back into the Yard, and he hasn’t left since.

A freshman proctor for the last ten years, he has had the chance to watch a decade’s worth of freshmen plow through his Thayer digs.

Selsby says the students themselves haven’t changed much. Bad fashion trends are a constant theme. “The worst female trend would have to be those one-strap Britney Spears tops,” Selsby says. “Those just don’t look good on anyone.” For males, the worst fad “would have to be the lack of hats,” says self-proclaimed fashionista Selsby. You heard the man, don a fedora.

Despite watching students move on from the yard, Selsby doesn’t get teary-eyed. “I’ve been lucky to continue proctoring over the years,” he says. “I’ve kept in touch with a lot of my former students...I think what frightens me is that I’ve started receiving invitations to [their] weddings.”

Does the food at Annenberg get better with age? “I’ve dined at Annenberg on and off over the last 14 years, and I have to say that I have a certain weakness for the popcorn chicken,” he says. When asked about the lovely Domna, Selsby says, “she and I go way back.”

Maybe he should get out of the Yard.