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...numerous pas de bras and arabesques, it became humorously evident that the small Conservatory stage was not expansive enough to accommodate the simulated egos of such tutu-ed princesses. The simplicity of the choreography complimented the complex interplay of rivaling ballerinas, and each dancer carried off her role with distinct glares and cross-stage sneers...
Others say the class, however noble its aims, misleads students into thinking it's more distinct from the average Harvard class than it really...
...While there can be a variety of views about Harvard's housing policy, there can be no doubt about President A. Lawrence Lowell's intention in creating the House system. The Crimson states, "Earlier this century, the residents, Masters and tutors worked together to give each house a distinct a character. While the basic House structure persists,...there has been a gradual temperament of the vigor President A. Lawrence Lowell, class of 1877, envisioned...
...Lowell could not have been clearer that Houses with distinct characters were exactly what he did not have in mind. With respect to the populations of the various Houses, he stated in 1928, "the division should not be based upon differences in the subjects studied or the career the members intended to enter;...on the contrary, men interested in various fields of thought should be thrown together with a view of promoting a broad and humane culture...So far as subjects of concentration, pecuniary means, and residence in different parts of the country are concerned, each House should...
Cornell has two conflicting visions with respect to first-year housing, and really no vision with respect to upperclass housing. It wants to create "community" in the ranks of first-year students. Currently, there are two distinct areas of campus housing, called North Campus, which is more spread out and is composed of about half first-years, and West Campus, which is newer, more densely populated, and composed almost entirely of first-years. Each has its own facilities and its own culture, North as studious and West as social. Most students know what they're getting into when they choose...