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Carpenter's first-year adviser said he does not believe that she took her own life...
...initiative places each first-year in a college of approximately 80 students, with whom they will share their introductory courses and common faculty. (Formerly, first-years were in sections with 140 students.) By slashing the size of classes and hiring 15 new professors, HLS should be able to construct a more intimate, interactive environment that fosters mentoring relationships between students and faculty. Additionally, the master of each college will teach a first-year course, further strengthening administrative ties to first-years...
...instituting this proposal HLS should not forget that large issues remain to be addressed. Law students should be encouraged by this proposal, but HLS should listen to students’ other complaints and attempt to remedy them as well. In adding space and improving the first-year experience, HLS is on the right track, but it should not rest on its laurels...
Expository Writing 20 is the one universal class at Harvard College. No one can get out of it. First-year students must endure a semester of Expos for the sake of perfecting the fine art of essay writing. Expos, as the class is more commonly referred to, sometimes offers a rewarding experience, but nearly everyone knows that one person whose Expos section was the bane of their existence for the entire semester. Despite these mixed results, Expos does offer first-years more than opportunities to improve their writing; occasionally they meet famous people. Recently, the two sections of Expository Writing...
...first-year grad students don't speak English well, which can be a problem in section," he says...