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...long way since their championship scramble for travel funds, which was eventually pieced together by loans from unnamed Harvard officials, according to a 1984 Crimson article. Now, alumni have raised “hundreds of thousands,” according to Cooper, which means that the ruggers no longer have to depend on wooing sorority girls for housing.They also came close to replicating their 1984 win in 2007, when the team made it as far as the National Championships. Twenty-five years later, Askew still marvels at what unlikely champions they were. “We were the upstarts from...
...said University Professor Sidney Verba ’53, who was the associate dean for Undergraduate Education at the time. “There was a time when that whole notion didn’t even exist.”But in 1984, the University could no longer afford to ignore what seemed to be a growing problem. Students and staff began raising concerns that the Harvard’s sexual harassment procedures were inadequate, leaving female students, staff members and junior faculty vulnerable on a campus disproportionately male in both senior faculty and high-level administrators.During...
...significant reduction in classroom hours—students once attended lecture until early evening—and a new emphasis on group work and case studies. The former dean realized that scientific knowledge was increasing “exponentially,” and as a result, it would no longer be acceptable for students to devote their time to memorizing facts, said Miriam S. Wetzel, a curriculum coordinator during Tosteson’s tenure.Instead, Tosteson established a program in which students would work in small groups and analyze medical situations to develop problem-solving skills that would remain applicable...
...tireless, then there is no better feeling than the one you get just before the lights come up on opening night. But I wasn’t any of those things, which I realized in the spring of my sophomore year. It was terrifying, actually. When I was no longer funneling all of my energy into theater, I felt like it was leaking out everywhere, getting lost in the great beyond...
...open about its financial situation so that its plans can be critically evaluated. Although knowing that student life, staff job security, and the possibility of and J-Term were all dwindling was troubling enough, as the months wore on it became clear that the quality of education was no longer safe either. Effects of the budget problems started at the top with the Faculty, with the option of early retirements being offered to older professors in an effort to save money. While some benefit exists in younger faculty being given more responsibility and power in Harvard’s vast...