Word: formality
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...advising first-years receive in choosing their first semester courses is often lacking; proctors who are new to Harvard and many off-campus advisors have no more knowledge of Harvard’s courses than do the first-years themselves. Informal academic advice from upperclassmen would nicely supplement formal advising during the first week, not to mention the fact that upperclassmen would be able to give freshmen a general orientation to Harvard that no ice cream bash or meeting with administrators could provide. To this end, freshmen, perhaps with their entryways, could meet upperclassmen for lunch in a residential house...
...don’t think you can be [completely] individual at the Times,” Mitchell says. “Using honorifics makes the pieces formal. Times house style demands that you make your voice heard while adhering to this standard...
...students with no formal training in drawing, of which there were several, the emphasis on content as well as form relieves some of the pressure of an otherwise visually-intensive course...
Playing off the idea that the line between comedy and tragedy is hair thin, Melinda and Melinda tells two parallel stories of one neurotic woman, Melinda. The formal agenda is augmented by a framing device wherein dapper middle-aged New York playwrights enjoy a leisurely lunch and, in the course of discussing the two genres, ad lib the stories of Melinda for the entertainment of their friends. The dramatist weaves a “tragedy” while the comedy writer composes a “comedy...
...hang out in Cabot Library, though HRSFen do like to “work in company”—sit in a JCR with work, do a little of it, start chatting, and become completely unproductive. There are HRSFA events almost every night of the week, both formal and informal. From spontaneous Kong runs (which can happen up to four times a week) to weekly gatherings organized around particular activities, there is always something going on with the core group, which numbers about 30, according to Lerer...