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...after the smoke cleared, not enough freshmen had listed Quincy House, traditionally one the most popular houses and last year's first filled, as one of their three choices, a phenomenon usually experienced only by houses in the distant Radcliffe Quad. The housing office had to assign some students to live in Quincy--just one of a host of unanticipated results of this year's new housing lottery system...
...English professor routinely gives A-minuses to students who do nothing more than attend his class. A history professor allows students to skip midterms, giving A-minuses if final exams are intelligible and B-pluses if they are not. Most professors are unwilling to assign more than two papers--or one paper and a midterm--and a final exam for fear of losing students shopping for courses in an enormous catalogue...
...coercion in this particular incident last Tuesday, students may feel that the section leader involved has not demonstrated the academic judgment necessary for an impartial reading of their exams. If any student in that section wishes, the head of sections and I will read his or her exam and assign the final grade ourselves. Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs
...tune out. In December the organization presented a proposed agreement to the station. The document called upon WBBM to hire two male black or Hispanic anchors and establish a 40% employment quota for minorities. It said the station should conduct 35% of its banking with black-owned institutions and assign 25% of its legal business to minority lawyers. WBBM also was asked to donate $10 million to the United Negro College Fund and $1 million to "black organizations designated by PUSH...
After inquiring whether the MBTA would grant Harvard use of the tunnel, they found that the city also held rights to the tunnel, Spiegelman said. "Are the city and the MBTA willing to assign their rights to Harvard?" is the first question, she said...