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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Currently the two universities differ in their policies regarding summer students' health records. At Harvard, summer-school students are asked to hand in a voluntary medical questionnaire. However, some students do not hand in these forms according to Assistant Dean Michael J. Prokopow...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez, | Title: Schools Examine Health Policies | 7/18/1997 | See Source »

...biggest obstacle is cultural differences built into worship styles. Speaking of black Baptists who share his church, Lutheran Doubek says, "When they sing Amazing Grace, the song is the same but it sounds different." Our Redeemer's Haitians use Haitian music, and the Kingshighway Latino congregation integrates salsa, soul and tango sounds. Sermon styles differ: African Americans expect call and response from the pews and services that last twice as long as a typical white service. Roosevelt Clossum, minister of the African-American congregation at Mount Olive, says that when he went to give a guest sermon before the whites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI: GATHERING IN FAITH BUT NOT TOO CLOSE | 7/7/1997 | See Source »

Expos clearly has one objective: to teach students to write well. But preceptors and administrators differ on the program's other goals...

Author: By Chana R. Schoenberger, | Title: Expository Writing: An Introduction, Not a Cure | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...three smaller schools differ from the other schools in that they have fewer alumni to solicit for funds and the professions for which they train--teaching, architecture and theology, for example--are generally not as lucrative as business, law or medicine...

Author: By Jal D. Mehta, | Title: FUNDS WITHOUT ALUMS | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

Although it is rare to find a gourmet meal at any college, dining options vary greatly at other schools. Meal plans differ in their cost, food quality and flexibility. Some plans offer compensation when meals are missed; others allow students to eat at local restaurants...

Author: By Lisa N. Brennan-jobs, | Title: Eat Your Heart Out | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

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