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Unfortunately, in Dean Hammonds??s most recent letter to students, she writes that the “threshold for approval to return to campus in January 2010 will be high” due to the reduced housing staff and limited dining space. We certainly understand that financial and logistical constraints will play a role in how these rules are crafted, but we hope that the College will explore other cost-saving measures in the interests of maximizing students’ opportunities. For example, if food costs are a constraint, perhaps the College can offer a housing-only option...
...potential for House staff layoffs comes in the wake of College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds?? release of the Report on Harvard House Renewal earlier this month, a report that calls for sweeping, specific improvements to House life...
...personal level, we’re also worried by Dean Hammonds??s refusal to say whether some Houses will be closed over January. Asking students and tutors who remain on campus to relocate for a month involves a slew of complicated adjustments. Will students in the Houses to remain open be required to pack up and store their belongings before winter break to enable J-term students to move in? Will tutors —the vast majority of whom live at Harvard year-round, with school and work commitments that require them to remain at Harvard during...
...Student Life Fund—a $75,000 pool created to finance student group travel and House formals—in order to allow more grants to be distributed in the upcoming semester. The fund, established in Sept. 2008, draws from Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds??s discretionary budget. Prior to its creation, the UC only funded travel within the Boston area. But with just $2563.08 distributed to student groups for transportation costs last semester, the caps placed on the fund—$30 per student for travel by bus or train, $80 per student...
...likelihood of implementing this plan is questionable. Last month, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds??a former MIT graduate student and professor—challenged the feasibility of a transition to this grading system at the College when the issue was raised at a tea she held for undergraduates...