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...move will enliven our imagination as we continue to develop ‘Silk Road Courses,’ of which we already have created three in the FAS,” writes the college’s divisional dean of the arts and humanities, Diana Sorensen, in an e-mail. “Joining forces with and deriving inspiration from Mr. Ma’s organization, we hope to continue creating more innovative courses that focus on the notions of material exchange, culture and understanding across cultural divides...
After being introduced by Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman, Lenfield also gave a brief speech, in which he said that the award was not only a recognition of the recipient’s potential, but a challenge to “go and use these resources to keep growing, keep exploring, keep acquiring the ideas that will allow you to become that person...
...Junior Dean Gibbons and freshman Peter Schwartz scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter to close the deficit to 9-6 with 10:42 left in the game, but the Quakers’ Tim Schwalje put an end to the Crimson’s brief dash of momentum with his third goal of the season to extend the lead to 10-6. Gibbons’s second goal with 6:41 to play closed the gap to 10-7 and put the game within reach for Harvard, but Penn would shut out the Crimson for the remainder...
However, band selection, booze—the Dean of Students at the time, Archie C. Epps III, banned kegs in 1998 followed by a complete ban of alcohol in 1999—and battles with the President’s Office over control of the event after joining forces in 2002, proved to be divisive issues...
Harvard’s attitude towards homosexuality has changed dramatically over the past century. In 1920, the University, under the leadership of Abbott L. Lowell, Class of 1877, established a secret court to discover and expel homosexuals within the community. During the 1950s, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Wilbur J. Bender ’27, tried to improve the admission office’s “ability to detect homosexual tendencies and serious psychiatric problems.” Now, sexual orientation is again becoming a controversial subject for elite college admissions officers. The LGBT...