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...dean of advising this spring is a quick fix, a cosmetic solution to a systemic problem. It allows the College to say it is addressing the issue without doing anything fundamental about it.The problem lies deeper. I do not have an adviser. My department, economics, does not assign them to its undergraduates. Instead, there are departmental walk-in advising hours and House tutors. The result: I’ve never had a discussion about academic advising that lasted more than five minutes.The lack of engagement between students and faculty also means that professors rarely really get to know their students...
...student-life—also deserve thanks. Undergraduates have served on every faculty curricular committee, formed the Student Advisory Board to the Advising Programs office that helped design the peer advising program, and will serve on the advisory committee for the presidential search. In student activities, undergraduates helped assign space in Hilles, joined the search for a director of the Women’s Center, and played a large role in the planning of the pub and café. Working with students is one of the best aspects of my job, and I look forward to working closely with...
...into an unprecedented amount of student-group space through rosier-hued glasses. Yet, judging from some of the illogical choices in the final distribution of space, perhaps we were a bit too optimistic. Although many previously homeless student groups are certainly satisfied to have space at all, several questionable assignments may leave you scratching your head. For example, the only Native American ethnic organization on campus, the Native Americans at Harvard College, requested an office but received only a storage locker. Large political groups, such as the Harvard Republican Club and the Harvard College Democrats, also felt snubbed, receiving significantly...
...movie producer unwittingly signs on to make a fiercely critical film about the rise of an Italian media mogul turned Prime Minister. Efforts to finish the film are thwarted by unseen political and economic forces. And the Italian politician is so despised by his cinematic nemeses that they assign him a nasty moniker: the Caiman (a ferocious creature related to the alligator), which gives Moretti's movie - and the film inside it - its name. The reptile, of course, is intended to represent none other than Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's former Premier, who last month lost his bid for re-election...
...bestowed upon us by our golden ticket sent from Byerly Hall. As the world has seen with these recent scandals, we who have received the benefits of admittance to the Ivy Tower are not necessarily worthy of the special treatment or praise that parents, employers, and media outlets quickly assign to us Cantabrigians. I will not shotgun my own foot and write that Harvard students should not be trusted; that would be an unfair and untrue generalization. Nevertheless, I sincerely worry that Harvard’s current veneer—our superior reputation—is maintained more by prestige...