Word: contacts
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...reforms the administration proposes are woefully insufficient. Better training for proctors and counselors, increased publicizing of the Bureau of Study Counsel and encouragement of tutor-student contact all seem directed at weaving a finer net below students so that none fall through. What would be more useful would be to reach students not when they're already well on the way down, but when they're still in the air. It seems silly to intervene only at the latest possible stage; sure, it may prevent actual suicides, absolving Harvard of guilt, but it will not spare students the terror...
...University recently won a breach of contact case against a former Holyoke Center vendor and was awarded nearly $40,000 in unpaid rent, expenses and taxes...
Safety on campus, the lack of female leadership in the most prominent extracurriculars, the role of the Radcliffe Union of Students, classroom dynamics and the absence of many female role models among tenured professors and administrators with whom students have the most contact are all issues that must be addressed. The role of Radcliffe College should also be evaluated. Does it enhance the College by providing a place for women to gather, or does it actually prevent the Harvard College administration from feeling the necessity to have female leadership in the College...
...water. It's not like the ocean; there's no water circulating, so there's no way for the fuel to dissipate. What we're having to do is land on high ground and then have our rescuers slush through four feet of water." With that kind of contact come the natural hazards of the swamp: alligators and snakes...
...Ehrenburg's life actually was as interesting as his writing; over six decades he came in contact with virtually every major political and cultural figure in Russia. Joshua Rubinstein is a historian, affiliated with Harvard's Russian Research Center, and this biography treats Ehrenburg as a historical figure, paying only moderate attention to his literary work. The result is a book that brings Ehrenburg vividly to life, even for those who have never read his novels, as well as skillfully illuminating the dark times in which he lived...