Word: norms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...week-long wave of contentious debate for the Class of `02. The premise: auction off dates with "desirable" first-years to raise money for newly established service organization, Boston Area Students Involved in the Community (BASIC). As highly charged emotions and bitter attacks on BASIC became the norm, one aspect emerged as particularly inflammatory. The implication was that the participants were the "hottest" that `02 had to offer. How could such a small group indiscriminately make this choice...
...week-long wave of contentious debate for the Class of '02. The premise: auction off dates with "desirable" first-years to raise money for newly established service organization, Boston Area Students Involved in the Community (BASIC). As highly charged emotions and bitter attacks on BASIC became the norm, one aspect emerged as particularly inflammatory. The implication was that the participants were the "hottest" that '02 had to offer. How could such a small group indiscriminately make this choice...
...certainly more convenient and a great opportunity to meet new people in the House. But most importantly, the relaxed, informal environment led to the kind of natural, high-quality discussions which are so often lacking in sections. In-house sections for large lecture classes should be the norm, and Harvard should perhaps encourage resident or non-resident tutors to lead the sections whenever possible. Also, House seminar offerings-only a handful a year in only a few Houses--are pathetic, especially in comparison to the largely successful freshman seminars. More House seminars would be a great way for Harvard...
Fowler says this system of evaluation is notonly inherently biased toward NES, but alsoout-of-line with the expected norm forstandardized test companies...
...lists for its spring plays, which include Shakespeare's "Richard III" and a hip-hop musical called "King Kong: The Musical." One of the two productions to be held this spring on the Loeb Mainstage will be a dance production called Perpetual Motion, a move away from HRDC's norm...