Word: freshmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Completed study cards are due Friday, February 7th at Memorial Hall for upperclassmen. Freshmen should turn their cards into the Freshman Dean's Office...
...seemed like a good idea: bring together upperclassmen and freshmen in prefect groups paralleling proctor groups to help freshmen get accustomed to student life. But in November, the prefect program was beginning to look like a dating service...
...previous years freshmen picked the top three houses they wanted to live in and then received their assignments just before spring break. Under the new system, freshmen will learn their lottery numbers shortly before they submit their choices...
...Dean of Freshmen told me that they did believe his intentions were good. "We all know Sam's a nice guy," he said. "But his intent doesn't matter. We judged him according to his action." When I asked exactly what Sam was guilty of he replied that he was rude and disruptive...
...motives of the FDO are unclear. They said they did what they felt was right. But it bothers me very much that an office full of people whose job it is to look after freshmen and understand them--should react as they did in this case. They acknowledged that they knew a lot about Sam. They knew that Sam's father died in an auto accident a year ago, and that Sam was extremely upset by this. They knew he couldn't tell his mother about his troubles because it would break her heart. They knew that...