Word: loco
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While curfews and dorm-visitation rules have long been relaxed, university administrators and staff members still perform an in loco parentis role. They are expected to provide counseling and supervision on everything from career and family planning to the dietary habits of vegetarians and anorexics. Indeed, such painstaking attention is paid to the personal needs of students that Gregorian likens running a U.S. college to presiding over a Greek city- state. "You have your security force, your dormitories, your food services, a judiciary to impose discipline, whether somebody harassed somebody, and so forth," he says. "I can't imagine...
...real problem is Harvard's antiquated attitude that it should serve in loco parentis when it comes to its students' personal lives. Academically, the adage goes, "Mother Harvard does not coddle her young." But when students walk from the library to their bedrooms, Mother Harvard seems to be waiting with his and hers chastity belts...
...Bear's Place Inc.--at 10 Brookline St. in Cambridge. Call 492-0082. On Thursday: Scrawl, with Fish & Roses and Sob Story. On Friday: The Lemonheads, with Drumming on Glass and Paper Squares. On Saturday: Willie Loco, with Presence of Memory and The Monk. Wilson Band...
...last week's crowning achievement: a party for Britain's Queen Elizabeth in Houston, where Guatemalan baby squash and pineapples the size of softballs were on the menu. Yet back in Central America, no one would dream of actually eating the stuff, which is grown strictly for those loco gringos...
Some administrators see a cyclical pattern in the movement to rein in fraternities and sororities. "There is a need for college presidents to get hold of their institutions again," says Dale Nitzschke, president of Marshall University. "The pendulum in the '60s and '70s was swinging away from in loco parentis. Now we're moving more to the middle." Many of today's students actually seem to yearn for a firmer hand. Says Samantha Gladish, 21, president of the Panhellenic Council at Bucknell: "We need someone to guide and help...