Word: ll
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More important than knowing the specific office or official who can help you, though, is simply the willingness to trudge from office to office until you've accomplished your goal. The corridors you'll wait in may be filled with lines of people waiting for audiences, and your tete a tete with an administrator may prove discouraging or unfruitful, but at least you will be taking some form of action. It's better than sitting in your room bemoaning your fate...
...College administration--the building's name is meant to confuse you. Here Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Henry Rosovsky and his team make the decisions that will mold you life at Harvard, and the odds are if you visit any offices at all you'll visit University Hall...
Archie C. Epps III, dean of students is probably the highest-level College administrator you'll get any response from. Urbane, relatively friendly, and one of Harvard's most important black officials, Epps manages the inchoate collection of student organizations here from his busy office. He's also the head disciplinarian for undergraduates, carrying out whatever sentences the Ad Board hands down, so no matter how amiable he is, he might not be the man to go to in a pinch...
...deal with it--how to take "no" for an answer, or how to persuade people you're only bending the rules when you're really breaking them--can be the most frustrating part of your freshman year. But if you don't learn how to do it now, you'll run into troublesome petty restrictions, over and over, until you do. It's at least as important as learning which Harvard building is which
...time to escape. You can walk around the city to regain a sense of perspective, or even head for a weekend in New Hampshire or New York, or curl up with a mystery novel. Chances are, however, that you won't have much time to flee, and that you'll want to find a spot isolated from roommates typing Expos papers and neighbors blasting Springsteen out the window. Tucked away in odd corners, Harvard does provide idyllic spots for contemplation, quiet places where you can sit back for a moment and enjoy being alive...