Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three-year-old prefect program, in which upperclassmen are assigned to visit freshmen entryways, represents one attempt Harvard has made to ease the transition for newcomers into College life. The prefect program, however, is beset with problems. A battery of new reforms will make things a bit better for the Class of '91 than they used to be, but the reforms don't address the program's essential flaw...
Proctors are responsible for providing freshmen with academic and personal advice. And the upperclass prefect's primary charge is not to interfere. They, it is made abundantly clear, are not to discuss academics. Yet prefects have working knowledge of the academic scene, and many proctors have no direct experience with undergraduate courses...
Most situations are harmless, they say. One evening this term they say they were on Old Campus--where freshmen live--and kissed each other goodbye, prompting stares and gasps among a group of freshmen...
Said Chinn to the gawking freshmen: "It's really okay. We're only dykes...
...freshmen got into the scoring act as well, as Christin Biggs made a quick pass to fellow yardling Heather Jackson who shot past the sprawling Columbia goaltender in a last minute flurry in the Columbia...