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...Saturdays ago, for example, was the first game for the Blue Devils since their 2006 campaign was washed away in the thundering wake of the accusations of sexual assault. They beat Dartmouth, 17-11, in front of a home crowd that approached a school record, but my thoughts weren’t on the great fan support, the pressures facing first-year coach John Danowski, or the “innocent until proven innocent” buttons that apparently filled the bleachers...
Quality advising at Harvard, especially during freshman year, is mostly a matter of random chance. Unless lucky enough to be assigned to a knowledgeable and interested professor or a proctor who happens to be a Harvard College graduate, first-years are stuck with advisers—from professional school administrators to first-year graduate student proctors—who know little about the Harvard system. Freshmen quickly learn that the best academic advice comes not from professors or proctors, but upperclassmen who are far more in touch with their concerns. Though Associate Dean of Advising Programs Monique Rinere?...
...reaction has been very big from particularly Boston University itself, but I think it’s reasonable to say that almost every student knows about it.”At Harvard, Dean of Freshmen Thomas R. Dingman ’67 sent an e-mail to first-year students about the events yesterday.“Given the recent tragedy in which two BU students were killed in a fire ignited by a candle, I write to urge you to pay the closest attention to our fire safety rules,” he wrote. “In particular...
...Current first-year Michael D. Cupelli ’10 was optimistic about the new program after hearing about it. He said that assigning sophomores to resident tutors would be more helpful than being assigned to a professor before choosing a concentration...
...Sean has been a pleasure to coach,” said first-year track and field coach Jason Saretsky. “He brings a certain tenacity to the sport that’s great...