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Christie's morphed into 7-Eleven last summer as well, but the only addition I noticed was the Slurpee machine. After gazing longingly at the bright red cups and party straws for a week, I took the plunge. Coke slurpees became our excuse--all summer--to step out of the office. I happily and gleefully slurped my way through the afternoon, nothing saddening me more than the tell-tale flavorless suck telling me: You have struck slush...
...professors. Lunches and dinners are conducive to conversation especially because they are removed from anonymous lecture halls and intimidating faculty offices and placed in more familiar student turf. Unfortunately, however, the plan has only received meager attention and even more scanty application; during the plan's first month, only eleven faculty members took advantage of the opportunity to dine with their students. Of course, it is up to students to invite their professors to dinner. But it would help if the University fostered a more intimate relationships between faculty and students in the first place...
...solution that could help bridge the gap between professors lecturing to students and professors conversing with students are more interactive classes. Instead of accolade laden professors delivering lectures that conclude with the first chime of the eleven o'clock bell, professors can reserve a few minutes during each lecture to answer questions and to listen to student responses to the material. Professors who lecture should also be required to attend each of the class sections at least once during the term, so that they may interact with their students on a more intimate level...
...Eleven inter-faculty programs already exist within GSAS, but the graduate school is open to increasing these numbers...
...gets better, or worse, depending on your tolerance for this kind of biting humor. "You come to the railroad station in New York and you sit on the bench in the waiting room," Silk tells his mom. "At eleven twenty-five a.m., I'll walk by with my kids in their Sunday best. That'll be my birthday present...