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FIREWORKS Those looking for sparks from greenhorn Fred Thompson during the Oct. 9 debate in Dearborn, Mich., were instead treated to a front-runners' spat over--of all things--the line-item veto...
After being introduced to his or her horse--an awkward process a lot like meeting a blind date--a Conversant greenhorn leads it around the corral on a rope and conducts a few other maneuvers so they can get used to each other...
...near future that would not only offer a generous stipend but a Masters in Education as well!A common quip heard in education schools nowadays is that if we really wanted to “teach for America,” we’d ship the greenhorn college grads back to teach in the rich, suburban schools from which so many originate and send the well-trained suburban teachers off to poorer, urban schools where the students might most benefit from them. Such a strategy is probably impossible, but it underscores a question about TFA that we can?...
...effort to make Harvard a more welcoming place for greenhorn freshmen, the College will probably make major changes to the Calendar of Opening days for the Classes of 2009 and 2010, following recommendations from the final report of the Freshman Orientation Advisory Committee...
...course suggestions and social tips to first-years in ways that most proctors can’t. While many of the Yard’s proctors currently provide meaningful advising to their entryways, we feel that prefects, on the whole, are more effective than proctors at dispensing counsel to greenhorn first-years. Our eventual hope is to see prefects, instead of proctors, living in first-year dorms in a part-time advising capacity, much like other schools—including several Ivy League colleges—already...