Word: georgetown
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Across the Atlantic Ocean sits another Harvard structure almost equally as resplendent as Villa Tatti. Adjacent to the Danish Embassy in Georgetown, nestled among 16 acres of formal gardens, Japanese cherry trees and pebble covered paths, is a 19th-century brick mansion, which houses the Dumbarton Oaks Research Center and Library...
Providence, 24-8, will play Georgetown in tomorrow's regional final...
Another difference: today's volunteerism is imbued with an '80s entrepreneurship and conservatism that include carefully defined goals and evaluation procedures. Schools such as Rice University and Georgetown have / hired full-time service coordinators to foster student involvement and match volunteers with community agencies and projects. Networks have been established to pass along information. Campus Compact, started in 1985 by three university presidents, now comprises 259 colleges. COOL, Campus Outreach Opportunity League, run by a former Harvard volunteer, embraces 250 schools. Harvard's Phillips Brooks House Association, the nation's oldest college community-service organization, is a model...
...required service is not service, it is servitude." Besides, say participants, the spirit of giving does not need that goad. The personal satisfaction, the real-world exposure, the "chance to give something back," as dozens of volunteers put it, is enough. "In class, we study the big questions," says Georgetown Student Elaine Rankin. "At the homeless shelter we live the big questions...
...Tourney's high points, give the edge to 'Bama over the Illini, if only because McKey has, in Michael Ansley, the powerful frontcourt partner that Norman lacks. Look for Alabama to make it to New Orleans, beating a limited Georgetown team that won't find many weaknesses to exploit in the Tide...