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...Down Syndrome. "They're highlighting differences that do not exist in all of our children. Certainly most do not have their tongues hanging out." In fact, she says, many work hard in therapy to improve muscle tone so they can better control their mouths. (Dollmaker Parks offers a nonprotruding option...
...current financial straits and the repeated requests by customers for a wider range of beverages. According to Passim’s public relations coordinator Susan Scotti, the owners’ desire to preserve the intimate, sedate culture of the venue led Passim to limit its beverage options to non-alcoholic teas, coffee, and sodas. But recently, Passim’s budget difficulties have led its owners to reconsider the dry policy in the hopes that serving alcohol might increase revenue. “Some people may have avoided coming here before and may have gone to another venue for drinks...
...that they would be best able to learn and contribute here. Yet, despite the March 2007 statement by then-Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 that we “always want to have space for some exceptional transfer students,” this option has been closed indefinitely...
...professors and being placed into existing advising programs. Although the addition of a few transfer students might require better selectivity in freshman admissions or a slightly greater burden on the House system, the benefits that they bring to the community far outweigh the costs. Harvard must reopen the option of accepting gifted transfer students, whether one, five, 20, or more. Divided among 12 Houses, the burden would be so small, and the gain so great, that the continuation of the suspension is a detriment to the College...
Rooming: Confused. Quincy’s dormitories are built in contradicting styles: brick traditionalism on one side and concrete modernism on the other. Dewolfe offers an enticing option with its many amenities and proximity to Quincy, so residents can still actively participate in their House community, unlike the Kirklanders there. Otherwise, sophomores should be prepared to share cramped bedroom quarters, in exchange for a sizable common room. While the unattractive monolith that is New Quincy is often cited as the House’s greatest drawback, inside, juniors can get spacious singles with modest common rooms, and seniors...