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Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Culture Ali S. Asani, the acting director of undergraduate studies for Sanskrit languages and civilizations, says he thinks proctors are not in the position to be ideal advisers. “The proctors do get training, but they may have a whole entryway of people to advise and it’s just impossible for them to be able to give the same quality of advising as somebody who just has two advisees, in the sense of the workload,” he says...
Faculty such as Asani who have served as first-year advisers generally sing the praises of the setup...
...that’s the ideal. In a sense, it helps the transition from freshman year to concentration because you’ve worked with a faculty member who knows the system well and is able to give broad, intellectual advice on how to approach things,” Asani says...
Liora R. Halperin ’05, who had Asani as her first-year adviser, says that based upon her own positive experience, she feels all first-years should have non-residential advisers...
...Koran, marriage is not a sacrament, it’s a social contract,” Asani said...