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...Plans for expansion have been overshadowed,” says Otto F. Coontz, assistant to the Adams House resident dean, adding that students have instead been primarily concerned with pending cuts that they say “tamper” with the current House system...
...course, unmarriage isn't a guarantee of love everlasting any more than marriage is. According to Rutgers University's National Marriage Project, cohabiting couples are at least twice as likely to break up as married couples are. Long term, notes Stephanie Coontz, a professor of history and family studies at Washington's Evergreen State College, unmarriage works only if both people are equally committed to the lack of legal commitment. If they're not, to borrow a phrase from Beyonc: If you like it, then you should have put a ring...
...majority of cohabitants either break up or marry within five years, says Alison Hatch, a grad student at the University of Colorado who is doing her dissertation on committed unmarrieds, a demographic to which she and her partner of six years belong. She and Coontz have found that many of them end up marrying because they face the same discrimination as gay couples regarding insurance, taxes and other legal issues. Having kids can also change things. David Letterman didn't say what prompted him in March to wed his partner of 23 years, who is also the mother...
...can’t imagine the House functioning without us,” assistant to the Adams House resident dean Otto F. Coontz remarked after hearing about the mandated 25-percent cuts to House budgets that might put his and similar positions at risk. His concern is warranted. A strong House life and academic support network are essential components of the Harvard undergraduate experience, helping to foster for students an environment of both intellectual and personal growth. FAS should not be making budget cuts that seriously endanger this core element of undergraduate life. Rather, the burgeoning administration, which has seen...
...about academic policies, according to a memorandum presented to the College Working Group by assistants to the resident deans of all 12 Houses. “I can’t imagine the House functioning without us. House life would effectively fall apart,” said Otto F. Coontz, assistant to the Adams House resident dean, adding that yesterday alone, he consoled two students dealing with stress related to finals—a task he said he fulfilled willingly, but not one that is specified in his job description. “The thought of cutting [resident deans?...