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...have our normal resources in place, so there will be zero tolerance for parties, guests, or unapproved students being here,” wrote Adams Allston Burr Resident Dean Sharon L. Howell in an e-mail about J-term to Adams residents yesterday evening. “Students who do not uphold expectations related to conduct will be asked to leave, and may lose the privilege of having Winter Break housing in the future...
...McFarlane said that while the Office of Financial Aid provides a travel stipend for students receiving significant financial assistance to travel home over J-term, she did not anticipate the new academic calendar detracting from the relevance of the host family program...
Meanwhile, Randy J. Miller '13 made an iPhone app that contains a course catalog, a map of Harvard buildings, and a collection of Harvard-related RSS feeds. It still has bugs, he says, but he's hoping to work on it over J-term and expand it to include ShuttleBoy, a Harvard directory, a list of WiFi spots, and a way to check your Crimson cash. Whether that catalog app will be ready in time for spring shopping period, though, is doubtful, but, he adds, it's not his fault...
...Intensive’s focus on providing high quality training for undergraduates demonstrates the potential uses to which J-term could be put in the future. “I’m incredibly happy to have this opportunity and be a part of this given the fact that most J-term programs really aren’t under way yet,” says Stone. “It’s a great opportunity and I think it’s something that’s going to evolve into something really awesome over the years...
Other international students did not intend to use the increased allowance for J-Term travels. Kidus T. Asfaw ’13, said he knew of the two round-trip travel allowances but will not return to his home in Ethiopia in January. Instead, Asfaw will visit relatives in the United States...