Word: freshmen
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...professor of American literature at Keele University, where enrollment in the American-studies department has halved since Bush took office. "They don't want to be branded by the degree." Interest has been so low at Lancaster University that administrators have decided to phase out their program; the 14 freshmen who entered it in October will be the last to do so. According to Alasdair Spark, a lecturer in American studies at the University of Winchester, high school students selecting their majors are particularly sensitive to criticism of the U.S. on issues such as torture and global warming. "Would...
...philosophy.” While a couple of the readings dwell upon the figure of the wrong-headed, young, white man, unable to acknowledge his racial privilege, the pieces encourage not only hackneyed white guilt but male, middle-class, Christian, heterosexual, and able-bodied guilt as well. Likewise, the freshmen were exposed to a poetic call for revolution and thereby were informed of the existence of a “war between races...
...Epps’s day has disappeared but “Community Conversations” remains, albeit in a slightly altered form. Over the past few years the pieces shifted toward equally pressing issues for freshmen, like perfectionism. However, following 2007’s “Quad Incident,” in which a group of black students were questioned by the Harvard police, the Freshman Dean’s Office seems to have decided that the readings needed to be refocused radically. In the process, it produced a program that consciously rejected not only Epps?...
...whole plan got afoot last fall when Thomas A. Dingman ’67, the dean of freshmen, took several upperclassmen to a theatrical essay toward racial understanding, “Nigger Wetback Chink.” While the group found the show useful as a point of departure, they were naturally concerned by its obvious drawbacks, such as the three-man troupe’s inattention to gender issues...
...17th and shooting 77-72. Senior John Christensen carded 83-74, and Moseley finished with a matching 81-76. Freshman Tony Grillo competed for Harvard as well this weekend, carding 81-75. “They’re doing great,” Moseley said of the freshmen. “Both of them were very good recruits. Mark played especially well in this tournament, and Tony has been playing really well, too. They’re good players.” Junior Danny Mayer competed as an individual, shooting 80-82 over the weekend. The majority of these...