Word: factly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Epps III, dean of students. Tucked in an office of her own on the first floor of University Hall, Gibson serves as a buffer between Epps and the hordes of undergraduates clamoring at his door, and she solves many of their problems on her own. Her biggest difficulty, in fact, is often no in devising solutions but in convincing the students their woes are not as severe as they think...
President Bok let himself in for the wrath of tree lovers the world over when he okayed the use of Dumbarton Oaks, the plush Harvard-owned estate outside Washington, for a wedding reception for Rep. John Brademas '49 (D-Ind.), the House majority whip. Despite the fact that large garden parties are bad for the estate's famous tree-lined garden. Bok apparently felt that Brademas--a former Overseer and close friend of "Harvard's Congressman," Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr.--could be trusted not to import a pack of restless dachsunds. "We figured, what the heck, it wasn...
...freshman class has not always shared its first-year experiences over meals in the Union. It fact, it has been ten years since the whole freshman class was housed in the Yard, and then it was only fresh men. "I was a freshman in the Yard when that plan was in effect," says Dean Fox, fondly recalling his freshman days. "If you compare the freshman experience at Harvard to that at other colleges, you find we spend a tremendous amount of time and effort on the freshmen," Fox adds, implying that he finds many positive aspects to his plan, which...
...Henry C. Moses, dean of freshmen, the Fox Plan is a fact of life. "I knew when I arrived it would be five, ten years before the question of messing around with the living system would be brought up again. I've seen no one questioning whether freshmen should live at Eliot and everybody else at North, Moses says...
...fact that students continue to transfer between Houses shows their willingness to stay in a House is not complete, regardless of the factors on which they base their decision. Improvements in the transfer system make this a more viable alternative to remaining unhappy in a House you dislike...