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...their lives. When professors recoil at the sight of Larry Summers signing dollar bills, undergraduates clamor for more autographs. To faculty, Summers is an arrogant power-broker; to students, he is an accessible celebrity. After all, this is a man who visits the Houses, dances to hip hop at first-year social events, and fools around on the sidelines of home football games. More substantively, he has launched a long overdue review of the undergraduate curriculum, taught popular courses each year, implemented a far-reaching financial aid initiative, and expanded study abroad opportunities. In many ways, Summers is their president...
...First-Year Social Committee (FYSC) came under scrutiny when an invitation to a private party following the Freshman Formal seemed to imply it was sponsored by the committee, which receives funding from the Undergradauate Council (UC). FYSC Chair Zachary A.Y. Pollinger ’09, who hosted the after-party, said he planned the event to thank the committee members for their work on the formal. The invitation was posted to Dem Apples, the offical blog of the Harvard College Democrats, by Garrett G.D. Nelson ’09, who criticized the invitation for its wording and representation...
Among the 30 groups who currently hold basement space, the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, the First-Year Outdoor Program, several peer counseling groups, and the Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) will keep their current basement offices, according to Frano Violich, an architect from the firm that will conduct the renovations of both the Yard basements and the Hilles building...
...First-Year Fraud” (op-ed, Feb. 16), Alexander Bevilacqua claims that freshman year here at Harvard is, well, a fraud, partly because of the “growing pains” involved. However, though adjusting to college was a difficult process, I hardly think Harvard is unique in that respect. For most freshmen, this is the first long-term experience living away from our homes and our laundry machines. And despite the possibly awkward adjustment, I think there’s still plenty of Harvard to enjoy...
...College Board studies do not take into account variables such as parental education level and student family income, which he said were factored into his study.Sadler said he feels that the AP exam should not qualify students to skip introductory level college courses. AP classes are good preparation for first-year courses, but should not be used as a substitute, he added...