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...brunette, were constantly frustrated that many Tanzanians couldn’t differentiate between them. They didn’t understand that the marker of hair color was overlooked by Tanzanians, who do not usually identify by this feature. Just like an art professor would look in amazement at a first-year student who comes out of a Georgia O’Keefe exhibit and says, “I can’t tell these paintings apart, they’re all flowers,” ethnic minorities can be amazed that the specific superficial differences they spot easily...
...students and to cap enrollment at all 23 of its campuses. Says Terry Hartle of the American Council on Education, a lobbying firm that represents 1,800 colleges and universities: "What you're seeing in California is a double witching hour." Cal State, which experienced a 20% increase in first-year applications this fall, is the first public university to cap enrollment since the market meltdown in September, a move other schools may follow as 21 states grapple with midyear budget cuts to public colleges and universities in the wake of financial Armageddon. (See pictures of the college dorm...
...communication problems may be exacerbated among the freshmen proctors, at least in part because they lack the structure of the House system. But Nelson said that the Office of Residential Life is committed to consistency in both the House system and in the freshman dorms. There are currently no first-year students appointed as standing members of CHL, but Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67 is a guest on the committee. Nelson suggested that the Houses take advantage of students’ willingness to assist tutors—especially those who are part of student groups...
...really view this issue as something that is key to the integrity of medical education at Harvard,” said David C. Tian, a first-year student who recently pushed the administration to adopt a policy addition mandating that faculty and students disclose financial ties to pharmaceutical companies when discussing drugs developed by those companies in the classroom...
...first response would be that it’s been done before,” said Shamsher S. Samra, who is also a first-year medical student. “Secondly, just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean it’s an undertaking that is not worthwhile...