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...Wednesday night, according to Om L. Lala ’06, president of the Council. Lala said that the celebration was part of the Council’s new effort to give students the chance to learn from each other about different religions without the pressure of a formal discussion setting. “The purpose of the event is basically to celebrate and showcase all the different religious holidays happening in this year, because normally the only ones recognized are Christmas and Hanukkah,” Lala said. Wednesday’s celebration featured the holidays of seven different...
...talk on your feet, you’re also leaning how to think on your feet,” Herman says. “Oral presentation skills tend to enhance critical thinking skills.”Herman said that she is aware of six Expository Writing classes that have formal public speaking components.Many students have said they would also appreciate a public speaking course, according to Engell. “A number of students have told me that they would like such a course,” he says. “Students indicated to the Committee that they want...
...think that [the calendar is] a document that has to be followed to the letter, but some very knowledgeable people put it together,” she said. Following the recommendations of the Advising Committee, Rinere said she found contact between students and advisers, in both formal and informal settings, to be important. “Good advising comes from conversations among people who care about other people and the decisions they make,” said Rinere. Harvard hired Rinere away from Princeton, where she has served as Dean of Butler College for the past five years...
...Papers of George Washington. Glendon expressed her reservations about receiving the award in the presence of a less famous albeit equally intimidating figure who attended the ceremony. “I must confess that most of us medalists were a little nervous about the prospect of participating in a formal state occasion under the watchful eye of our fellow honoree Judith Martin (Miss Manners)!” wrote Glendon. Martin, or Miss Manners as she is known in her syndicated Washington Post column, is considered a foremost authority on etiquette and politeness...
...also may have been drawn to the group for personal reasons. Barusch, who wore a white dress shirt and tie to FM’s semi-formal dinner event this weekend, identifies herself as neither male nor female. “She knows who she is and doesn’t feel the need to tell other people,” says Ayodola A. Adigun ’06, Barusch’s roommate for three years. “Margaret believes it’s no one else’s concern what gender...