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When Associate Dean of Advising Programs Monique Rinere was brought to campus in February, she was charged with the task of overhauling freshman advising in time to train new student advisors on May 15. This Monday, the Peer Advising Fellows (PAF) Program met its deadline. With a surprising 480 applications to sort through on a tight schedule, this was a considerable accomplishment, but the process used for selecting PAFs belied the success. Its methods—particularly the solicitation of recommendations from undergraduates on the Student Advisory Board (SAB)—sparked controversy and left more than...
...prosperous Rio de Janeiro well-to-do wives had caught the gin rummy fever. They called it "Pif-Paf" (pronounced peef-paff). They began their games at teatime, played for high stakes. At dawn they went to bed white with exhaustion, slept with the aid of sedatives. Next teatime they began all over again. The local press reported that they were running into debt, pawning their jewels, neglecting their husbands and children...
Cried Rio's Diario Carioca: "Pif-Paf is enslaving, fascinating, completely dominating hundreds and hundreds...
NORMAN W. GEARE Philadelphia, Paf "Springtime in Europe" Sirs...
...meeting of the Sodality last night new officers, who will assume their duties immediately, were elected. They were: President: Lemuel B. Hunter '37, of Wellesley; Vice, President. Frederick P. Glike '37 of Meriden. Conn.; Treasurer, Robert F. Dine '37 of Allston; Secretary, Robert W. Snyder '38 of Easton, Paf; Manager, James L. Morrison '38 of Groton, Conn. Arthur Steinberg '38 was elected to membership in the Sodaltty...