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...inherent drawback of self-reporting is the tendency for respondents to simply lie about their illicit drug use, for obvious reasons. To address this problem, SAMHSA introduced hand-held computer modules in 1999, eliminating the need for a government mediator to administer the survey face-to-face. To encourage better response rates, the agency began offering a $30 cash incentive. More recently, a new challenge has arisen: as the number of Spanish-speaking Americans continues to grow, officials face problems in translation. Certain Spanish words mean different things to Puerto Ricans than they do to Cubans or Mexicans, according...
Featured prominently on the council’s summer agenda were student group issues, which Sundquist hopes to address with the impending release of a 70-odd page student group guide...
Computer Science 50, “Introduction to Computer Science I,” plans to offer office hours online this semester. It is the first such program in Harvard’s history. “We’re introducing virtual office hours to address two needs: efficiency and convenience,” said David J. Malan ’99, who teaches the course. “As such, I think ours might be one of those situations in which the introduction of technology is a good thing. Time will tell.” The office hours...
...House without a Currier resident to recognize them. They also spoke of the negligible help offered by an unarmed, older guard and the lack of a full explanation from the House’s leadership.“What we’re all hoping for is a direct address from the House masters... where they explain exactly their vision for Currier and sort of the reasons why they changed these security measures because that would be treating us like adults and not just imposing things as though we’re kindergartners,” Cleo D. M. Leung...
...advancing a long-term effort to make the distribution of space to undergraduates more equitable. By looking at existing spaces, the Undergraduate Residential Space Assessment Committee ultimately aimed to determine how to make the distribution of students over the 12 upperclassmen Houses more fair and to explore ways to address the housing needs of the College’s students more generally. “Recognizing that the residential House system is a cornerstone of the undergraduate experience at Harvard and that 97 percent of our students live in residence, our goal is to house our students as comfortably...