Word: calendaring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...excruciating. Being in Cambridge in January, studying or taking finals and battling the cold winds, while the rest of the collegiate world is partying in some month-long, vacation-induced bliss, offers a perfect opportunity to analyze, objectively and carefully, the pros and cons of Harvard's unique school calendar...
...benefits to that calendar are manifold. First, and most poignant at this moment, is that winter vacation can be a true vacation. As our schedule stands presently, we leave for vacation with the weight of finals looming over us. It is hard to relax fully when you have that unread Foucalt and the research for an unwritten tutorial paper--to say nothing of the CS assignment--staring at you from your open knapsack. During those moments when you are enjoying yourself, unfriendly images of dead theorists and live professors prance before your eyes. When you are working, you feel like...
...administration is always quick to point out is that orientation and, more importantly, Commencement dates have been planned since time immemorial. Many overeager family members have already booked hotel and plane reservations, to say nothing of the changes that would have to be made to the Courses of Instruction calendar. Although this consideration is significant (somewhat), it does not offset the clear advantages of a revamped schedule...
...shrieking tantrums by young girls. Luckily, the prospect of a very un-Disney riot was averted when a fresh Cinderella, greeted with wild applause, was whisked in to satiate the growing crowd's appetite. If it's this swamped on one of the most important days of the Christian calendar and consequently a day when most Americans are at home celebrating with their families, I thought, it's a good thing we showed up today...
College officials promise that there will be a new calendar in 1998, one that "reflects the diversity of the college." Critics are worried that the result will be a sanitized version that will interest few. Says author and neurologist (and calendar fan) Dr. Oliver Sacks: "There's nothing improper or grotesque about it--and only a certain kind of immature or prurient mind would see these exhibits that...