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Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles urged faculty members on Tuesday to help make course readings more affordable for students. In a letter, the deans urged professors to consider other alternatives to costly books, textbooks and coursepacks. High book costs mean that “students either skimp on daily expenses to purchase course materials, or skimp on their books to make ends meet,” the letter said. The annual cost of readings for the average student has reached $1,300, which amounts...
...master at first. It’s not for the faint of wrist. Another very wise man and avid tennis athlete—though he strongly denies rumors that he can hold his own against former Harvard tennis great James Blake—our very own dean Benedict H. Gross ’71, keeps a box on hand in University Hall to feed the body and the mind. “There’s nothing better than a good matza with butter and salt,” the Dean said. How’s that...
...abode, the tradition of bringing the two power poles of Harvard into close proximity harkens back to Harvard’s roots as a Puritan college rather than a modern university. The odd mixture is unique to this College and worth preserving. Though Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 claims that the building has outlived its usefulness as a dormitory, it remains unclear why this is the case. Only 18 students live in Mass. Hall this year—as opposed to the average 24—and Gross has said that the dorm lacks...
...about the new movies is that they have moved beyond the manufacture of fright (which can be therapeutic for kids) to the lovingly detailed depiction of sadism. The other is that kids might not be traumatized by the genre. Are they so jaded that they instantly ironize every movie gross-out moment and become little connoisseurs of repellent special effects...
...according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmions ’67 transfer students that have historically been admitted are “every bit as well-prepared as people admitted through the freshman process.” Even Dean Gross admits that “the transfers that we admit are exceptional students, and they do very well here...