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...addition to the moving Senior Dance, which brought some four-year veterans to tears after the final curtains fell, Ghungroo 2004 was marked by an infusion of new talent and leadership from first-years. Several of the event’s dances were choreographed by first-year students—including the innovative Modern Dance, choreographed by Tilottama R. Sen ’07 and Raas. The traditional Gujarati dance, characterized by its twirling sticks, was choreographed by Amit S. Patel ’07 and Arjun Vasan...
...West emphasized that the working group, which is examining the first-year academic experience and student advising, is “nowhere near making a final decision” on whether to recommend the change to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
Under Yale’s system, students are affiliated with one of 12 residential colleges when they receive their first-year housing assignments. Most first-years live on Old Campus, Yale’s equivalent to Harvard Yard, in a dorm specific to their residential college but adjacent to the other first-year dormitories. First-years are allowed full access to the resources of their upperclass housing, including dining and advising...
...addition to improving first-year advising, Wolcowitz said that affiliating first-year students with a House could potentially ease their integration into House life...
Thankfully, the standard Harvard International student strolls through this process with ease. Safely through the airport doors with her verified student visa and there you have it: an incident-free immigration. On her maiden voyage, the first-year international student may have questioned the ambiance of the airport, reassuring herself that cultural sensitivity can only improve with proximity to Cambridge. She considers the flourishing “Foreign Cultures” curriculum and the impressive assembly of international academics. The unassuming student can’t help but convince herself that Harvard will be a bastion of international culture...